Re: Marrying a Pakistani man …
We have been discussing this issue in ‘Nikah is Marriage’ thread and it was concluded that although rukhsati has no place in Islam, it has a great significance in our culture and Islam does ask us to follow what the majority is following if it is NOT against Islam. Rukhsati is a cultural thing is Pakistan and there is no harm in following this. If a person has a problem, they can go for nikah + rukhsati. But if it is done separately, we should respect our tradition and culture and there is no harm in it.