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What is the Ruling on the Marriage Walimah (Banquet) and Responding to it in the Shafi'i School?

Posted by on Nov 9, 2009 in Featured, Nikah Marriage | 0 comments

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Research done by Abul Layth

Alhamdulillah wa Salat wa Salaam ‘Ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa Aalihi wa Sahbihi ajma’in,

Originally when I wrote this article it was in response to a question regarding the hukm (ruling) on the walimah of marriage. When looking through the works of fiqh, one quickly notices the many sub-rulings pertaining to furu’ of the walimah. Questions such as, ‘what is the ruling on attending the walimah’, or ‘what is the aadab (etiquette) of attending’, ‘what is permitted to do in the walimah’, ‘what if one sees evil at the walimah’ etc. Many issues are raised in the works of fiqh, and I realized that I would have to limit myself to two major questions so as not to write an entire book on this subject.  So there are two parts to this research paper:

1) What is the ruling on the walimah (banquet, pronounced wa-lee-mah) of Marriage?

2) What is the ruling on attending the walimah?

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