Moderation in Wedding Celebrations
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Question:
Also, may Allah bless you, in recent times, exaggeration and extravagance have become widespread in wedding celebrations. We ask the Honorable Shaykh to speak about the obligation of moderation in wedding celebrations?
Answer:
Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has forbidden extravagance[Al-A'raf 7:31] [Al-Isra 17:26-27] Extravagance is not permissible because it is the squandering of wealth without right, and there is a responsibility regarding wealth for which you will be questioned before Allah: from where you acquired it and in what you spent it, as in the authentic hadith: "Account for this wealth," so do not spend from it except in the ways of moderation and good. You are responsible for spending, just as you are responsible for acquisition: from where did it come? So account for it accordingly.
Yes, holding a celebration for the marriage and the wedding feast is a recommended practice (sunnah) for the purpose of announcing the marriage, but without exaggeration, or worse than that, where there are wrongdoings, where there is the exposure of women, where there is music, where there is staying up late, and other such religious prohibitions. It is obligatory to adhere to the regulations of the Shari'ah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Also, may Allah bless you, in recent times, exaggeration and extravagance have become widespread in wedding celebrations. We ask the Honorable Shaykh to speak about the obligation of moderation in wedding celebrations?
Answer:
Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has forbidden extravagance
and eat and drink, but be not excessive
وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا وَلَا تُسْرِفُواand do not spend wastefully. (27) Indeed, the wasteful are brothers of the devils
وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًا إِنَّ الْمُبَذِّرِينَ كَانُوا إِخْوَانَ الشَّيَاطِينِYes, holding a celebration for the marriage and the wedding feast is a recommended practice (sunnah) for the purpose of announcing the marriage, but without exaggeration, or worse than that, where there are wrongdoings, where there is the exposure of women, where there is music, where there is staying up late, and other such religious prohibitions. It is obligatory to adhere to the regulations of the Shari'ah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/210 — archive.org (11:15)
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