Did our beloved Prophet Mohammed pbuh make a congregational prayer (Duwa) after Nikaah (Marriage)?
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Ramadhaam
kareem to all brothers and sisters in Islam.
my question
is? Did our beloved Prophet Mohammed pbuh make a congregational prayer
(Duwa) after Nikaah (Marriage)? if not then why in
may be
a small minor act but as it can be a Bidath, it can lead to hell fire.......
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Answer:
Dua after nikaah
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Respected brother in Islam, although it has for some
reason become customary today that a ‘nikaah’ ceremony never takes place without
an ‘imam’ or ‘qadhi’, the truth is that at the time of the Messenger of Allah
(saws), he (saws) was almost never invited specially to perform or witness the
‘Nikaah’ of the believers in Madinah.
More often than not, if the marriage was not in the immediate
family of the Prophet (saws), he (saws) would only find out about the marriage
after it had already happened.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.395 Narrated by Anas ibn Malik
The Prophet (saws) seeing a yellow mark (of
perfume) on the clothes of his friend and companion, Hadrat Abdur-Rahman bin
'Auf (r.a.), said, "What about you?" Abdur-Rahman (r.a.) replied,
"I have married a woman with a Mahr of gold equal to a
date-stone." The Prophet (saws)
said, "May Allah bestow His Blessing on you (in your marriage). Give a
wedding banquet, (Walima) even with one sheep."
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 7.280 Narrated by Jabir bin Abdullah
My father died and left seven or nine girls
and I married a matron (divorced or widowed woman). Allah's Messenger (saws)
(happened to meet me and) asked "O Jabir! Have you married?" I said,
"Yes." He (saws) asked "A
virgin or a matron?" I replied, "A matron." He (saws) asked "Why not a virgin, so
that you might play with her and she with you, and you might amuse her and she
amuse you." I said, " 'Abdullah (my father) died and left girls, and
I disliked to marry a girl like them, so I married a lady (matron) so that she
may look after them." On that the Prophet (saws) said "May Allah
bless you (in your marriage)."
Just as one would make a financial agreement between the
concerned two parties, the ‘nikaah’ is a social agreement which the two
concerned parties make between themselves in the presence of available
witnesses.
But because a ‘nikaah’ is a very important social
agreement, where the very foundation of a family is laid…..if one amongst the
believers reminds the concerned parties and those present to fear Allah,
reminds the two parties the rights Allah Subhanah has bestowed on each other,
or supplicates the Lord Most Gracious to bless this sacred union of marriage,
there is absolutely no harm.
Although there is absolutely no evidence that the
Messenger of Allah (saws) would make a special congregational supplication
whenever he (saws) was present at a ‘nikaah’, there is evidence (as quoted in
the two hadiths above) that whenever he (saws) found out or was informed that a
couple amongst the believers had entered into a contract of marriage, he (saws)
would make a supplication to Allah Subhanah to bless the marriage.
To believe or assume that a ‘nikaah’ ceremony without
congregational supplications will not be valid would indeed take it to the
level of inventing a ‘bida’ or innovation; but if one chooses to make a casual
or general supplication or one informs the parties concerned to fear Allah in
their marriage, or reminds them the rights which Allah Subhanah has bestowed
upon each party in the marriage, in the opinion of the majority of the scholars
and jurists in Islam, there is no harm.
And Allah Alone Knows Best.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister