The Evils Contained in Some Weddings

Question:
May Allah keep you safe. This questioner for the program says: Honorable Shaykh, it has become widespread recently among some people to hold wedding parties until very late at night, sometimes reaching the time of the Fajr prayer, which leads to missing the prayer due to fatigue and exhaustion, accompanied by singing, amusement, and entertainment. Also, the husband and wife sit on a stage in what is called the "shar'iyyah." We seek guidance from Honorable Shaykh Salih regarding this question.

Answer:
This practice contains evils. First, staying up all night such that the Fajr prayer is missed. This is a great danger, a sin, and a waste of the Fajr prayer; a waste of the Fajr prayer. And Allah the Exalted said: . The second matter is that it contains evils, as the questioner mentioned, such as songs and drumming, and perhaps the mixing of men and women, and perhaps nudity among some women who do not fear Allah the Mighty and Majestic, so they do not cover themselves with the required covering. These are evils that Muslims must cease from, and they must repent to Allah the Mighty and Majestic from these actions. They have turned the noble marriage into an opportunity for these evils and these bad gatherings. This is a matter that requires action, and it also involves the waste of money, with excessive expenses that are not needed. It is necessary to limit this extravagance and limit these bad behaviors. There is no harm in holding a wedding feast in the prescribed manner, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Give a feast, even if it is with something," but within limits. There is no harm in gathering on the occasion of the marriage to announce the nikah and to eat the wedding feast, but within regulated limits. There is no harm for women to strike the hand drum to announce the nikah, and to sing what is their custom, provided there is no harm or evil in it, without loudspeakers, and without recorders, and only among women. These are legal limits to be adhered to on this occasion, and one should leave the exaggeration in these matters and going beyond the prescribed limit into evils, and into matters that turn the marriage into corrupt occasions and a breeding ground for open sinners and the announcement of sins and violations. Muslims must leave these bad customs and return to their senses. Yes.