Wedding Customs - A call to the Sunnah

To summarise, in our present day wedding we are confronting All\h's
I commands and therefore All\h I on at least three counts:
(a) Our weddings are against the teachings of the Qur'\n and the
Sunnah and we have read above the grave consequences of this (Refer
to the Qur'\nic ayah: al-An`\m 135; ¬l `Imr\n 31; al-Baqarah 170;
al-*ajj 3).
(b) A major part of our wedding is littered with rites alien to Isl\m,
which may at the least be considered innovations, but some may
(unknowingly) be a form of shirk. As stated in the A#\d|th above, the
grave and miserable status of an innovator in the life hereafter is too
distressful to contemplate. (Refer to the A#\d|th above from Bukh\r|,
Muslim, Ab[ D\w[d, Ahmad, Malik, Tirmidh|, Bayhaq|, et al)
(c) Without doubt, most of our weddings incur extravagant expenses
and, again, the Qur'\n informs us that one who spends without due
care is the brother of Shay{\n. (Refer to the Qur'\nic ayah: Al Isr\'
26,27 ).
These violations of the Shar|`ah, my brothers and sisters are no small
matter. Irrespective of all our other good deeds that we may have, the
violating of the shar|`ah in our weddings can lead us to the fire. May
All\h I protect us and forgive us.
May All\h I give us, the community and the whole Ummah the tawf|q
to adhere to the beautiful and elegant teachings of Isl\m- ¬m|n.
A final warning from the words of our beloved Prophet Mu#ammad r:
`Abdull\h ibn `Umar t narrated to the effect that the Apostle of
All\hr said, "He who chooses for himself/herself the mode of a people
(customs and rites) will be regarded as one of them." Ab[ D\w[d
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