Holding the marriage contract (aqd) in a mosque is a common practice among Muslims, and more couples want a mosque to witness one of the most important events of their lives. Saudi Arabia has also allowed marriages to be solemnised at the Kaaba and the Prophet's Mosque, with conditions set by its Ministry of Hajj and Umrah to protect the sanctity of the two holy places. That has revived the question of whether marrying in a mosque is sunnah.
According to most jurists, concluding the aqd in a mosque is mustahab (recommended). Marriage is an important religious act, the mosque is a blessed place, and people are present there, so a marriage held in a mosque is easily made public, which the Shariah favours.
A hadith narrated by Aisha (RA) reports the Prophet (PBUH) as saying: "Announce this marriage, hold it in the mosques, and beat the daff for it." (Sunan al-Tirmidhi: 1089). Imam al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Hajar, however, graded the hadith weak.
In the Prophet's time not every companion's marriage took place in a mosque, nor did all of the Prophet's own marriages, and there is no evidence that he firmly instructed everyone to marry in one. A marriage may therefore be concluded wherever suits both families, even while travelling: the Prophet married Safiyya (RA) on the way back from Khaybar (Sahih al-Bukhari: 4211).
Scholars see a mosque wedding as a positive choice, especially where it helps cut down customs that run against Islamic teaching. But it is not right to treat it as obligatory or as an emphasised sunnah, or to frown on marriages held elsewhere, and a wedding in a mosque must take the greatest care to respect the sanctity of the mosque.
Reported by Banglanews24's Islam desk.
Photo: Signing the nikah, Zainub Razvi / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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