Question:
Can I celebrate my walimah feast (marriage) one day before Ashurah day (10th Muharram)?
Answer:
Thank you for your question. Congratulations to you on your wedding and proposed walimah. May Allah bless you with a wonderful wedding, peace, joy, happiness and steadfastness on His din.
Yes you may celebrate and have your walimah feast on the 9th of Muharram or any other day in Muharram for that matter. There is no restriction in the Qur’an, sunnah (prophetic teachings) or Islamic jurisprudence for having a walimah in the blessed month of Muharram.
There is no doubt that there have been some devastating historical events that occurred in the month of Muharram, however the religion of Islam does not demand us to remorse or mourn by avoiding marriages or celebrations in this or any other month. Muharram is a month of blessings, hence if anything, one should be going ahead with their marriage during this blessed season.
In fact, scholarly Islamic historians have recorded that the marriage of ‘Ali ibn Abi Ṭalib (may Allah be pleased with him) to the Prophet’s daughter, Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) took place in the month of Muharram in the 3rd year after migration to Madinah. (See: Bidayah wal Nihayah, Bayhaqi, Kitab al Ma’arifah)
And Allah Knows Best
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