All rituals before the wedding

Can someone please share the rituals that are done in Islamic before the wedding. Is there a mehndi, haldi, sangeet etc.. rasams that they do??? Im very curious, I really want to know. I really don't know anything about weddings in Muslim family. I'm actually very excited, I think for the first time audience will witness a Muslim wedding in Indian television. It will be so unique and fresh. I'm already pumped up.

I tried googling and i came up with mehndi ceremony, something called meher which is before the mehndi ceremony which is like a declaration of a wedding i think not sure, haldi they have i think, and they also have kanya-dan i think.. and i saw walimah the thing that the khans went to.. , and the nikaah..

Well Islamically there are no rasams before the wedding 😃 there's just a nikkah and then a valima afterwards. However (I don't know Muslims in India do it) but in Pakistan there's typically just a mehndi and maiyon before the wedding. I don't know how they will show it in QH though because they haven't been really sticking very well to Islamic rasams.

I believe that 'meher' is the endowment to the bride (cash, property, jewelry, etc.) (from the groom's side ?) that is HER'S to do with as she pleases... especially meant as a safeguard if her husband leaves/divorces her, or dies, then it must come to her.

It is usually bequeathed to her and read out loud by the imam/kaazi performing the nikaah.
If you recall, at her wedding with Ukrum, the imam/kaazi read out that she was being given 30 lacs as 'meher'.

Jayne
P.S. In today's culture, whether it actually does come to her is another matter entirely.😕

actualy there is just a two main rituals. First nikaah and after that walima where boy's father invite friends family neighboura for dinner. Ya but in most of the part in india there is haldi, sangeet, (women sing a folk marriege song),. But these rituals r not necessary. Only nikaah is necessary.

ok when to peoples decide to get married and the family agress..groom's family goes to bride's house with many gifts and a saree for her to wear it, on this sme day engagement happens and they fix the Mendhi and Wedding dates Walima comes after wedding.

Okay let me explain since I'm Muslim and have been to mant Muslim wedding ceremonies...

Originally posted by: Tanvi_124

Okay let me explain since I'm Muslim and have been to mant Muslim wedding ceremonies...

Religiously, there is no rituals before the wedding itself but only the Nikaah and Waleema in Islam... But.. But... But... Traditionally, one can add what they please to their wedding rituals before the wedding ceremony as they wish according to the culture or tradition they belong to (ex... Indian Muslim, Sumalian Muslim, Arabic Muslim, etc..)

Usually in South Asian Muslim weddings( which is Indian, Bengali, Pakistani,etc,,) the rituals start with Sagai (engagement) ceremony which is the ring ceremony... Many on the forum were confused about why Asad only put on a ring on Zoya but in Islam in general, wearing jewellry for men is not permitted... Wedding rings are okay I guess but some choose not to wear it if they are very traditional and religious.

Next comes the Rasm-e-Saughat.. This is where both the grooms and the brides current family feast together getting to know each other and distributing gifts... Also, this is the ceremony where the groom presents his to-be bride with his first gift for her of his choice indicating that he accepts her as is to-be bride and will always keep her with all the goods and luxuries that she requires...

Next, nowadays, many do rituals like Haldi and Mehendi which is very common in any south Asian wedding...

Some choose to do Sangeet but it is not common in Islam... But, Mostly Indians tend to do Sangeet programs but still it's not common amongst the Muslim masses...

Then their is the Nikaah which is the wedding

Then the Waleema which is kind of like a wedding reception where the bride and groom are blessed by family and friends and it's just a formal function after the wedding for the purpose of seeing the newly weds and bless them by the name of Allah and the Quran...

Hope it makes a little sense now...

thank u so much dear...

Marriages in Islam are very simple. There is a nikkah (ceremony) and then Walima (usually done to officially announce and celebrate the wedding, ie, like a feast.) Oh and well the 'mahr' is a compulsory gift (chosen by the bride) that the groom must give to her , something that she alone has a right over.😊 Anything extra done, is up to the families, if they wish to.