Nikkah and Rukhsati Next Year?

pakieyez · June 18, 2015, 9:52pm

Hey guys I needed some ideas of a Nikah that you guys may have attended where the nikah will take place and the rukhsati will be next year, the nikkah will be in a hall, how was your experience with that? We don’t know anyone that has done this, usually the nikkah is small but this nikkah will be about 100 guests in a hall.

Any advice on favors to give out to guests?

mzprincess88 · June 21, 2015, 5:12am

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My nikkah was about 6 months before my ruksathi. We had it at home with about 70-75 guests. Originally we had looked at halls but I didn’t like any of them- they were either too big or too small so I opted for doing it at home and I was so happy with the way it turned out.

We had the catering done by a caterer (full lunch menu and appetisers) and also had a decor company come and do the decor the night before. My hair and makeup artist came home too and had me ready in 2 hours with plenty of time to spare. I can’t actually recall what we did for favours, as two of my mum’s SIL’s were in charge of those but they filled cute little bags with sweets etc. We also had a beautiful nikkah cake made and the cake cutting knife was also decorated by an Aunty. We arranged a photographer who did a photo shoot at home and then we also went to an outdoor location for an outdoor photo shoot (lucky the weather was good!).

I found a gorgeous heart shaped ring pillow online ($65) which I ordered and, when it came time to exchange our rings, my younger cousin came out with the pillow and first presented it to my husband to put the ring on me and then she put it towards me and I placed the ring on his finger.

All in all, I loved my nikkah arrangements much more than my wedding which was a huge affair. If I could go back and change it I would definitely prefer to have had a small, intimate wedding too (or maybe even have done ruksathi on nikkah day).

Batman007 · June 24, 2015, 6:43pm

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If you reside in Europe or USA, I suggest you go to a local masjid and have nikah there. In Pakistan and Asia, trend is to have Nikah at home or marriage halls. In my opinion, it is better to have Nikah and discussion of Mahr before actually ruksti to avoid tensions on the day of wedding.

pakieyez · June 29, 2015, 11:43pm

Re: Nikkah and Rukhsati Next Year?

mzprincess88:

My nikkah was about 6 months before my ruksathi. We had it at home with about 70-75 guests. Originally we had looked at halls but I didn’t like any of them- they were either too big or too small so I opted for doing it at home and I was so happy with the way it turned out.

We had the catering done by a caterer (full lunch menu and appetisers) and also had a decor company come and do the decor the night before. My hair and makeup artist came home too and had me ready in 2 hours with plenty of time to spare. I can’t actually recall what we did for favours, as two of my mum’s SIL’s were in charge of those but they filled cute little bags with sweets etc. We also had a beautiful nikkah cake made and the cake cutting knife was also decorated by an Aunty. We arranged a photographer who did a photo shoot at home and then we also went to an outdoor location for an outdoor photo shoot (lucky the weather was good!).

I found a gorgeous heart shaped ring pillow online ($65) which I ordered and, when it came time to exchange our rings, my younger cousin came out with the pillow and first presented it to my husband to put the ring on me and then she put it towards me and I placed the ring on his finger.

All in all, I loved my nikkah arrangements much more than my wedding which was a huge affair. If I could go back and change it I would definitely prefer to have had a small, intimate wedding too (or maybe even have done ruksathi on nikkah day).

sounds beautiful! thanks for sharing!