The Ruling on Exaggeration in Bridal Gifts and Extravagance in Wedding Feasts
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Question:
The listener Muhammad Salim Rafi sent a message containing several questions. In one of them, he says: What do you advise fathers who demand high bridal gifts for their daughters, as if they request specific, fixed amounts? What is your guidance? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
My advice to everyone is to be lenient and make things easy, and not to demand much when a good, suitable suitor comes, for it is prescribed to accept him. One should not be extravagant in bridal gifts or in wedding feasts. This is the best, the most preferable, and the safest course, because it leads to an increase in marriages, the chastity of both men and women, and the growth of the Muslim community. It is prescribed for the guardians of women, and for the women themselves, to cooperate in being lenient and not demanding large bridal gifts or large wedding feasts that may burden the husband, the woman’s family, or both. The best bridal gift is the easiest to provide, so it is prescribed to be lenient and make things easy. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Do you suggest a specific amount, O Shaykh?
Answer: What came in the Shari'ah does not set a specific limit, but this varies according to custom, according to changes in circumstances, countries, and expenses. It is recommended to be lenient according to one’s ability and according to what is easy.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. So, you do not suggest a specific amount?
The Shaykh : No, I do not suggest anything specific; rather, it is about making things easy and lenient according to circumstances.
The presenter : May Allah bless you, and may Allah reward you with good.
The listener Muhammad Salim Rafi sent a message containing several questions. In one of them, he says: What do you advise fathers who demand high bridal gifts for their daughters, as if they request specific, fixed amounts? What is your guidance? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
My advice to everyone is to be lenient and make things easy, and not to demand much when a good, suitable suitor comes, for it is prescribed to accept him. One should not be extravagant in bridal gifts or in wedding feasts. This is the best, the most preferable, and the safest course, because it leads to an increase in marriages, the chastity of both men and women, and the growth of the Muslim community. It is prescribed for the guardians of women, and for the women themselves, to cooperate in being lenient and not demanding large bridal gifts or large wedding feasts that may burden the husband, the woman’s family, or both. The best bridal gift is the easiest to provide, so it is prescribed to be lenient and make things easy. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Do you suggest a specific amount, O Shaykh?
Answer: What came in the Shari'ah does not set a specific limit, but this varies according to custom, according to changes in circumstances, countries, and expenses. It is recommended to be lenient according to one’s ability and according to what is easy.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. So, you do not suggest a specific amount?
The Shaykh : No, I do not suggest anything specific; rather, it is about making things easy and lenient according to circumstances.
The presenter : May Allah bless you, and may Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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