Congratulating the bride and bridegroom after nikaah

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Sunnah method of congratulating the bride and bridegroom after nikaah

Q: What is the Sunnah method of congratulating the bride and bridegroom on the occasion of nikaah? Is there any mention of this in the Mubaarak Ahaadith?

 

A: It is reported in the Hadith that whenever Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) congratulated a Sahaabi on the occasion of nikaah, he congratulated him with the following dua:

بَارَك اللهُ لَك وبَارَك عَلَيْكَ وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَكُمَا فِيْ الْخَيْر

"May Allah Ta'ala bless you and grant you abundant barkat in your nikaah and may t​his union be a means of all good"

And Allah Ta'ala knows best.

عن أبي هريرة : أن النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم كان إذا رفأ الإنسان إذا تزوج قال بارك الله لك وبارك عليك وجمع بينكما في الخير (جامع الترمذي رقم 1091)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)