What is the ruling on those who place a palm frond on the house where a wedding is taking place so that it is known that there is a wedding in the house?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, I ask you about the flag in marriage.
The Shaykh : About what?
The questioner : The flag, the flag in marriage.
The Shaykh : The flag?
The questioner : Yes, the flag is a palm frond...
The Shaykh : Yes, and how do they do it?
The questioner : When women are getting married.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what do they do with it?
The questioner : They put it on the house like this, a flag.
The Shaykh : Ah, so a palm frond that they place on the wall?
The questioner : Yes, on the wall.
The Shaykh : A sign that there is a wedding there.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I see no harm in this, because they do not intend to draw near to Allah through this act, but only to make it a sign, just as lamps are lit in some places, electric lamps that light up the house and its surroundings, as a sign that there is a wedding there. Perhaps this falls under the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Yes?
The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : There are some elderly women who have certain pre-Islamic customs.
The Shaykh : Like what?
The questioner : I mean, frankly, there are...
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah!
The questioner : But they exist.
The Shaykh : Yes, but we are informed so that we can see whether it is pre-Islamic in your opinion or not pre-Islamic in reality.
The Shaykh : About what?
The questioner : The flag, the flag in marriage.
The Shaykh : The flag?
The questioner : Yes, the flag is a palm frond...
The Shaykh : Yes, and how do they do it?
The questioner : When women are getting married.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what do they do with it?
The questioner : They put it on the house like this, a flag.
The Shaykh : Ah, so a palm frond that they place on the wall?
The questioner : Yes, on the wall.
The Shaykh : A sign that there is a wedding there.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I see no harm in this, because they do not intend to draw near to Allah through this act, but only to make it a sign, just as lamps are lit in some places, electric lamps that light up the house and its surroundings, as a sign that there is a wedding there. Perhaps this falls under the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him):
Announce the marriage
أعلنوا النكاحThe questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : There are some elderly women who have certain pre-Islamic customs.
The Shaykh : Like what?
The questioner : I mean, frankly, there are...
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah!
The questioner : But they exist.
The Shaykh : Yes, but we are informed so that we can see whether it is pre-Islamic in your opinion or not pre-Islamic in reality.