Nikkah

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Hi all,

Okay so originally plan was to do the entire shadi all together after 1.5 years to 2 years but now recently talks are to do a Nikkah in the coming few months.

The idea is currently being explored. However, if this is the case then the Nikkah will be overseas and the entire shadi will be in Pakistan.

My vision of this Nikkah is to be very simple because although my father will do anything I want - I do not want to waste so much money on one event and then after a year waste way more money on all the other shadi events. Also because my entire family is backhome or in other parts of the world so I want to save all the money and the fun for the shadi events (mehndi,baraat, valima) for back home in Pakistan.

Usually back home and some families here in North America do the Nikkah at the masjid or home and just have dinner at their place with a few family/family friends.

However, I live in a condo and so obviously it would not be big enough to cater to even 20 people. On the other hand, as I mentioned I do not want to go all out and book a hall, stage, catering, etc. I want to stay out of this.

I am the first one to be getting married in my family after a long time and if this Nikkah happens here (which it most probably will) I do not have any ideas as to what I can do to save the cost, have it simple but still have a nice dinner.

I had heard of some girl have her nikkah at the masjid with her and the guys family and then they went for dinner at a nice restaurant with the families and few friends/family friends. A friend of mine also did the same for her engagement back in ISB.
What do you all think of this idea? My only concern with this one is finding a nice restaurant with good venue/decor. Here in Canada Pakistani restaurants and their decor isn’t that fancy as back home - atleast as of yet I haven’t come across one so, if any of you know do let me know.

Also for my dress - what should I keep as the budget?

I was also thinking that even though this is going to be in a restaurant just to make it a little more exciting I can maybe have a dessert table with cake and other small things they have cupcakes, etc etc with the decor and maybe a backdrop poster. Do you guys think this idea is to birthday like or bridal shower like?

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I know nothing has been finalized but if this is how it is going to be I want to plan a few months prior because I usually tend to panic alot just how I am panicking right now even though nothing has been finalized.

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I also wish there was something like an outdoor venue here (not a banquet hall) where I can just have a few tables with nice centre pieces, an entrance with a little of decor and flowers and just the dessert table

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I think you can totally go the masjid route for nikkah followed by a lunch/dinner at a nearby restaurant.
A friend of mine had her nikkah at a masjid around 10 am, and then lunch at a nearby desi restaurant, the reservations were obviously made before hand. After lunch they went to a very nice park for pictures. The photographer was her BIL. It was very small & simple event, but very elegant. There were about 30 people in attendance.

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^ Excellent!

We recently did my niece's nikah at a masjid in Mississauga.
There were about 45 people in attendance and we had the dinner right there in the masjid.

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Does your condo have a party room? My cousin's waleema was in his buildings party room. It was free and they just got food from a Thai restaurant and used some chafing dishes that a relative had. There were only 30 of us.

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Masjid is idea place to have everything when you're trying to keep it simple.

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Yeah, the entire nikkah meal can be done in masjids. Some of them have enough space.

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Any of you people in Toronto - suggest a fancy restaurant to make this place work. By fancy I mean with good decor, nice ambiance.

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Maybe Chauhan? I'm having my mehdni there in May... its actually really nice and they work with a decorator.