Hyderabad, January 29: On one side Islam declares the biological need of Nikah as wajib and Sunnah, and on the other hand it prohibits extravagance in marriages. A Hadeeth of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) says “The most blessed Nikah is the one in which least expenses are incurred, and is simple.” Besides this the Quran also says “…Do not squander your wealth wastefully; for those who squander wastefully are Satan’s brothers …”
Nikah in Islam has an aspect of Ibadah, but the Muslims have made this sacred contract, an occasion to showoff and are engaged in extravagance, obscenity.
Recently a marriage was conducted in a Muslim family in old city which crossed the limits of extravagance and obscenity. The invitation card cost 500 rupees on an estimate. The groom was riding the horse with 20 private security guards. 6 dancers were called from Rajasthan who reached the marriage hall while dancing in a circle. 6 high class bands were called to perform at the wedding. The ‘baraat’ comprised of 21 Qualis cars, 6 horse carts, 20 camels and 30 horses. Huge amount of money was spent for fire crackers. To call people’s attention dwarfs were taken to marriage hall on carts. It took 4 hours for the ‘baraat’ to reach the function hall. The stage was set at a cost of 2 lakh rupees.
Now coming to the valima ceremony. It was hosted out of the city since singing and dancing is not permitted in the city after 11 pm. The orchestra programme continued till fajr. Unfortunately the valima ceremony was held on Friday.
The menu contained 45 sorts of dishes, with 7 types of sweets alone. Sources told that the groom was given a car worth 20 lakh. In short! the marriage cost nearly 75 lakh on an estimate.
It has been learnt that few months ago similar type of marriage was performed in the locality of the groom, on which the groom’s mother had challenged that ‘it’s nothing! I will organise my son’s marriage with much more pomp and show.’
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