What is the ruling on giving amounts to the groom as assistance?
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Question:
In our place, and in the custom of the wedding feast in marriage, there is a book in which the names of those who pay money to the groom are recorded. And when there is a wedding feast at the home of one of those who paid the groom, the first groom takes out the book to see how much this second groom had paid him before, and then he pays an amount greater than what the first one paid him. Is this something permissible?
The Shaykh: Repeat.
The presenter: He says: In our place, and in our country—and he names his country, O Shaykh—and in the custom of the wedding feast in marriage, there is a book in which the names of those who pay money to the groom are recorded. And when there is a wedding feast at the home of one of those who paid the groom, the first groom takes out the book to see how much this groom paid him, and then he pays an amount greater than what the first one paid him. Is there any prohibition in this, and is it a type of riba (usury or interest)? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is no blame on you in that if it is a custom among you, there is no blame, praise be to Allah; because it is a matter of assistance and cooperation in good. And this is a custom among people to support the groom with money, and with other things besides money. All of this varies in the customs of people; this one pays coins, and this one pays other things.
So the point is: that these customs have no blame in them in cooperation in good, in righteousness and piety, and there is nothing wrong with it, if Allah wills, yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
In our place, and in the custom of the wedding feast in marriage, there is a book in which the names of those who pay money to the groom are recorded. And when there is a wedding feast at the home of one of those who paid the groom, the first groom takes out the book to see how much this second groom had paid him before, and then he pays an amount greater than what the first one paid him. Is this something permissible?
The Shaykh: Repeat.
The presenter: He says: In our place, and in our country—and he names his country, O Shaykh—and in the custom of the wedding feast in marriage, there is a book in which the names of those who pay money to the groom are recorded. And when there is a wedding feast at the home of one of those who paid the groom, the first groom takes out the book to see how much this groom paid him, and then he pays an amount greater than what the first one paid him. Is there any prohibition in this, and is it a type of riba (usury or interest)? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is no blame on you in that if it is a custom among you, there is no blame, praise be to Allah; because it is a matter of assistance and cooperation in good. And this is a custom among people to support the groom with money, and with other things besides money. All of this varies in the customs of people; this one pays coins, and this one pays other things.
So the point is: that these customs have no blame in them in cooperation in good, in righteousness and piety, and there is nothing wrong with it, if Allah wills, yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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