Question
I’d like to enquire the ruling of a wedding in islam (feeding from the girls side)
Many a time the girls family says it’s not a wedding. We just feeding the guest who come from far e.g the boys side, but in that there’s many others that are also invited too.
Will this be counted as a normal wedding or?
Answer
A wedding in Islam comprises of a Nikah contract and a Waleemah feast, that’s all. The Waleemah will be from the groom’s side and not from the bride’s side.
If the bride’s family invited some people to eat at their house because they are from far, regardless of whether the guest is from the boy’s side or not, there is no problem with that. To invite other people as a feast is something which is not Sunnah and even worse, a lot of money is wasted in this.
Checked and Approved By:
Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
References
عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ: «مَا أَوْلَمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ مَا أَوْلَمَ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ، أَوْلَمَ بِشَاةٍ»(صحيح البخاري/ج7/ص24/رقم5168)
عَن أبي هُرَيْرَة مَرْفُوعا: الْوَلِيمَة حق وَسنة(عمدة القاري/ج20/ص153)
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَاليَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلَا يُؤْذِ جَارَهُ، وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَاليَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ ضَيْفَهُ، وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَاليَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ»(صحيح البخاري/ج8/ص32/رقم6136)
(فتاوی محموديہ/ج12/ص142)