Nikah Islamic Wedding Ceremony

It is a sight to behold especially for guests attending their first muslim wedding.

Nikah islamic wedding ceremony. Although a nikah can be done anywhere including the bride s home or reception hall it is preferable and usually done in a mosque. Verses from the koran are read during a short sermon and the couple is officially wed. In which he repeatedly asks whether he can hire an akhun to preside over a nikah ceremony.

In a islamic wedding the most important thing is the nikah ceremony. In the wehr cowan dictionary of modern written arabic nikah is defined as marriage. The bride s wedding outfit.

2 qadi state appointed muslim judge or ma zoon a responsible person officiating the marriage ceremony usually the imam. Savaqah is the last part of a muslim wedding ceremony. Oftentimes this gown includes pearls gold and jewels.

There is no mehndi carnival or singing or dancing in a real islamic wedding. In islamic law marriage or more specifically the marriage contract is called nikah an arabic word whose original literal meaning was sexual intercourse but which already in the quran is used exclusively to refer to the contract of marriage. Xinjiang authorities restrict islamic nikah wedding rites citing danger to stability.

The valima event follows it. A willing couple witnesses and a mahr or gift that the groom gives to the bride. A muslim wedding survey of north american muslims revealed among other things the merger of two or more cultures.

However any trust worthy practicing muslim can conduct the nikah ceremony as islam does not advocate priesthood 4 khutba tun nikah sermon to solemnise or bless the marriage this includes making du aa. Both of the events are really simple and serious. Although the document itself must be agreed upon by the groom the bride and the bride s father or another her male family members the bride s consent is required.