Is it obligatory for one who builds a new house to hold a walimah?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on the inzalah, O Shaykh? If a person builds a new house, is there a report that a person...?
The Shaykh : No, there is nothing in it. There is nothing wrong with it, and it is not forbidden, nor is it a bid'ah (religious innovation), because this is what custom has established: people hold this inzalah in joy for the new house and in honor of their brothers, and there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Convey to them the greetings of the brothers from Madinah and from the Commission for Promoting Virtue and Forbidding Vice in Madinah.
The Shaykh : ... Convey to them our greetings.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. I am also accompanied by five brothers who came from Madinah, and we attended your lesson and meeting, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, there is nothing in it. There is nothing wrong with it, and it is not forbidden, nor is it a bid'ah (religious innovation), because this is what custom has established: people hold this inzalah in joy for the new house and in honor of their brothers, and there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Convey to them the greetings of the brothers from Madinah and from the Commission for Promoting Virtue and Forbidding Vice in Madinah.
The Shaykh : ... Convey to them our greetings.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. I am also accompanied by five brothers who came from Madinah, and we attended your lesson and meeting, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes.