Re: Nikkah is MARRIAGE
Monthly allowance is not such a hefty amount required to be paid in Islam. Its just a small amount depending on the husband’s capability. Of course, the girl and her family will be agreeing on the guy’s income before accepting the proposal so they would not be unreasonable on the monthly expense amount. The girl will not be wanting a separate household thus the expenses won’t be huge. Its just like pocket money which the husband needs to give to thie nikahfied wife regularly.
Its just that husbands know that they are allowed to take their nikahfied wives for outing because its they Haq and right, but they forget monthly expenses responsibilities on them.
If the guy is willing to start the life immediately and there is no problem like visa, they should go for nikah + rukhsati. If only nikah is planned, nikahfied wife’s responsibility should be fulfilled by the husband. If only nikah is done with the purpose of securing the rishta but the guy wants some time to get settled and do not want to bear any responsibility of his nikahfied wife, he is wrong. Thus nikah with the purpose of avoiding the wife’s responsibility immediately is not technically CORRECT.
Doing nikah or nikah + rukhsati is of course the personal choice depending on specific situation.