The Ruling on Wastefulness and Excess in Wedding Feasts

Question:
They say: What is your opinion regarding the excess and wastefulness that occurs in wedding parties, where these parties last for several nights?

Answer:
It is obligatory to be cautious of excess and wastefulness. As for the wedding feast, it is a recommended practice (sunnah), the sunnah of the wedding. The wedding feast is a recommended practice. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf: . And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) held a great wedding feast for Zaynab, inviting people to it with bread and meat—(peace and blessings be upon him)—and he held a feast for Safiyyah with a dish of dates, ghee, and dried milk, which is called *hais*. The wedding feast is a recommended practice; sometimes it is with meat and food, such as bread and rice, and the like, and sometimes it is with *hais* or the like without meat, such as dates, ghee, and dried milk, which is called *hais*, or with *tharid*, or with something else from ... according to the people's circumstances and their ability. However, excess and wastefulness are not permissible; rather, it is obligatory to be economical, so that food is not wasted and not spent in a place other than its proper place. If food is prepared for people and some remains, he should give it in charity to the poor and those in need, and not throw it into the garbage, but give it in charity to those in need. If no one in need is found, it should be placed in a clean, pleasant place until wild animals or livestock eat it, or people take it for the need of their animals. It should not be thrown into the trash or a desecrated place, but placed in a clean place, and a place far from desecration, so that whoever needs it may take it, or livestock may eat it, if any of the wedding feast remains, while seeking to be economical and seeking to avoid wasting money. Yes.

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