Marriage Celebration

Most religions consider family life to be a blessing and value the stability of marriage. For Muslims, marriage was created by Allah to provide a foundation for family life and the whole of society.

Although mosques are obviously places of worship, the majority of them in the UK have not yet been officially registered as such, and so any Islamic wedding that merely takes place at a mosque has to be registered legally with the UK law as well, in order to be seen as valid in the UK. And at AIIVOICE, We are legally authorised to register islamic wedding and celebrate this one, which deems valid in UK.

A Muslim wedding ceremony is known as a Nikah, and is usually a simple ceremony. The bride does not have to be present as long as she sends two witnesses to the drawn-up agreement. Normally, the ceremony consists of readings from the Qur’an, and the exchange of vows in front of witnesses for both partners. No special religious official is necessary, but often the imam is present and performs the ceremony and gives a short sermon.

There are certain things which are basic to all Muslim marriages:

• marriages have to be declared publicly
• they should never be undertaken in secret
• the publicity is usually achieved by having a large feast or Walimah – a party specifically for the purpose of announcing publicly that the couple are married and entitled to each other