I have already asked many question and i must thank you for all your answers, may allah shower you in his blessings. ok now i just have a question for you, actually its not a question, im about to get married in another 3 months, i just want you to give me some advices about first nite.
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alaikum, i have already asked many question and i must thank you for all your
answers, may allah shower you in his blessings. ok now i just have a question
for you, actually its not a question, im about to get married in another 3
months, i just want you to give me some advices about first nite. i heard that
there are some prayers.. some recitings and some religious things to be done
before having sex with the leagal wife, i dont know what to request from you
but i just want to know all religious things of a muslim marriage first nite,
hope
you understand ma question,
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Things to do on first night of marriage
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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.
Your Question: ….i
just want to know all religious things of a muslim marriage first nite,
If the couple wish to pray voluntary (nafl) prayers of
gratefulness to Allah Subhanah on the first night of marriage (or any
night, or every night, etc.), there is absolutely no harm.
But there is absolutely no evidence in the Quran or
Sunnah, whereby they are required to
pray any specific prayer on the first night of marriage. Some misguided sects in Islam have made a
ritual out of this, and demand that the
bride and/or groom pray two rakahs of gratefulness, and they use the ‘sherwani’ or outer garment
of the groom as the prayer-mat or ‘musalla’!
This ritual has absolutely no basis or evidence in Islam, and the believers should abstain from this and
all other self-invented rituals which have absolutely no basis or evidence from
the Quran or the Sunnahl.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 1.367 Narrated by Abdul Aziz
Thabit asked Anas, "O Abu Hamza! What
did the Prophet pay her (as Mahr to his wife to be, Safiya bint Huyai)?" He said, "Her self was her Mahr for he
(saws) manumitted her and then married her." Anas added, "While on the way, Um Sulaim
dressed her (Hadrat Safiya) for marriage (ceremony) and at night she sent her
as a bride to the Prophet (saws) . So the Prophet (saws) was a bridegroom and he said, 'Whoever has
anything (food) should bring it.' He
(saws) spread out a leather sheet (for the food) and some brought dates and
others cooking butter. So they prepared
a dish of Hais (a kind of meal). And that was the Walima (the marriage banquet)
of Allah's Apostle (saws) ."
Al-Muwatta Hadith 28.47
Anas ibn Malik related that Abd ar-Rahman ibn
Awf came to the Messenger of Allah (saws), and he had a trace of yellow on
him. The Messenger of Allah (saws) asked
about it. He told him that he had just
been married. The Messenger of Allah
(saws) said, "How much did you hand over to her (as Mehr)?" He said,
"The weight of a date pit in gold."
The Messenger of Allah (saws) said to him, "Hold a feast, even if
it is only with a sheep.
There are no particular rituals for the marriage night in
Islam, other than holding a marriage
feast or ‘Walima’ after one’s marriage,
which is a preferred Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws). Islam has made the issue of marriage extremely
simple, and other than the giving of a ‘walima’ feast to announce the marriage,
there is absolutely no religious rite or ritual one is obligated or required to
perform after the marriage. Some
misguided sects in Islam have made the act of marriage an elaborate affair with
tens of self-invented rituals and rasms which are copied from pagan customs and
have absolutely no basis or evidence from the Quran or Sunnah, and the believers must abstain from following
all such pagan rituals.
Your Question: …some
recitings and some religious things to be done before having sex with the
leagal wife,
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 4.493 Narrated by Ibn Abbas
The Prophet (saws) said, "If anyone of
you, when having sexual relation with his wife, says: 'Bismillah. Allah humma jannib nas-Shaytaan wa jannib
nas-Shaytaanap feema razaktana’ (In the name of Allah. O Allah! Protect us from
the Shaytaan and prevent the Shaytaan from approaching that which (our offspring) You provide us,)
and if they beget a child (as a result of that relation) Shaytaan will not (be
able to) harm it."
The Messenger of Allah (saws) guided the believers to seek
refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytaan for themselves and their off-spring
whenever they intend to conjugate with their wives, regardless of whether it is
their first night of marriage or at any other time during their married lives.
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