Nikah is the Sunnah (tradition) of Prophet Muhammed & other prophets. Nikah is necessary for maintaining the chastity in the society. Nikah should be performed with least expenses in most simple way. Nikah guarantees the success in this world or hereafter. Nikah is a piety of lifetime if the spouse keeps good relations. Extravagance in Nikah or marriage ceremony is Haram; particularly to burden bride’s parents for any expenses relating to ceremonies, entertaining guests etc., has no place in Islam. In marriage/Nikah there is no precedent in Prophets time regarding entertaining guests or making show of wealth except Walima a simple treat by the groom. Giving gifts etc., is not prohibited in Islam but its vulgar show is absolutely Haram. Jehez (dower) has no Islamic sanction. Its demand either directly or indirectly or through some other sort of coercion is absolutely Haram. Similarly the traditions prevailing in the name of Tilak, Ghoda Joda is also Haram, immoral and unethical.

If a boy and a girl meet and do Eejaab-oQubool (proposal and acceptance) in presence of two witness, the Nikah is established and valid. (Its pity that such a simple phenomenon has so callously been changed by the followers as wrath. Its therefore necessary to go back to simplicity of Islam). Non-payment of meher (dower) by the husband is extremely resentful and loathsome. It’s therefore necessary that the groom should pay some amount of meher immediately after Nikah. As per a Hadith consummation of marriage without payment of meher is termed as equivalent to adultery).

Its all the more necessary when the groom spends so lavishly on un Islamic rituals prevailing in society and does not pay meher that is obligatory Even if a wife foregoes her right of meher it has no validity and must be paid. Talaq is considered the most detested of all valid things. Triple Talaq makes the severity of abhorrence 100 times. It’s not only anti-Shariah but also a criminal act. In case of dispute between the spouse Qur’an ordains for arbitration.