Re: Holding Qur’an over brides head?
Salam,
Most people are probably not gonna like what I have to say, but here goes…
Most of us Pakistanis have incorporated so many things from other cultures/religions, esp. Hinduism, that we aren’t even aware of what’s from Islam and what’s not from Islam. Like this Quran over the head thing, it’s baseless.
I mean, really, you’re telling me that you have a wedding where you have men and women (who are dressed up and caked up) freemixing, music and dancing, wastage of food, spending thousands and thousands of rupees/dollars, people missing their fard namaz because they’re at the wedding hall, videotaping the bride (who only Allah knows which Tom, Dick and Harry will get to see on the other side of the world), etc., and in the end, in the end…
They put the Quran over the head… =/ sigh
We sin all day and night long and then in the end we put a Quran over the head (which, mind you, has no significance in Islam - so, that too is innovated).
Marriage is supposed to be a beginning of a new life for the couple, we want the blessings and pleasure of Allah, and us Pakistanis do everything to earn the anger of Allah on a day that’s supposed to be blessed. SubhanAllah.
We really have to wake up, seriously.
I’d like to see where you read that. It’s disrespectful if you have the Quran in a place that’s lower than your feet or have your back/feet towards it.
Good point.
Khair, anyways, to the OP:
Here are something you should read, Insha’Allah:
Islamic Guide to Sexual Relations by Mufti Ibn Adam [Do’s and Don’t for a Newly Wed from an Islamic Perspective]
May Allah bless your marriage and grant you lots of righteous children.