Announcing marriage, entertainment and scattering sweets

Sayyiduna Abu Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked secret marriage, (and he liked that at a wedding) the daff (frame drum) be beaten and this be sung: "We have come to you, we have come to you; so greet us and we greet you."
The son of Imam Ahmad recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Husayn bin Abdullah bin Dumayrah, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Announce marriage."
Imam Ahmad, Imam al-Bazzar, and Imam al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat recorded it. The narrators of Imam Ahmad are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "Have you sent the girl off to her (husband's) home?" Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) replied: "Yes." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why did you not send with her those who would sing (wedding songs) and say: 'We have come to you, so greet us and we greet you'? The Ansar are a people who are fond of song."
Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, al-Ajlah al-Kindi, whom Yahya bin Ma'in and others declared thiqah (trustworthy), though there is weakness in him; the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

The husband of Abu Lahab's daughter narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us when I had married the daughter of Abu Lahab, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Is there any lahw (wedding song)?"
Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Ma'bad bin Qays, and I do not know him.

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "How is so-and-so?" She was an orphan girl who was under her care. I said: "We have sent her off to her husband." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why did you not send with her a girl who would beat the daff and sing?" Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "What would she sing?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "She would sing: 'We have come to you, we have come to you; so greet us and we greet you. Were it not for the red gold, she would not have settled in your valley; and were it not for the tawny wheat, your maidens would not have grown plump.'"
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Rawwad bin al-Jarrah, whom Imam Ahmad, Yahya bin Ma'in and Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy), and there is weakness in him.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) first came to Madinah, he passed by a wedding where women were present, and one of them was singing: "And he gave her a ram as a gift, which settled comfortably in the pen; and your husband lives out in the desert, and he knows what will happen tomorrow." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not sing this! Sing instead: 'We have come to you, we have come to you; so greet us and we greet you.'"
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Mujashi' bin Amr, who is kadhdhab (a liar).

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by some women of the Ansar who were at a wedding, and they were singing: "He gave her a ram as a gift, which settled comfortably in the pen; and your husband lives out in the desert, and he knows what will happen tomorrow." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No one knows what will happen tomorrow except Allah."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna al-Sa'ib bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came across some girls who were singing, and they were singing: "So greet us and we greet you." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped for them, then called them and said: "Do not say this; rather say: 'May He greet us and you.'" A man said: "O Messenger of Allah! Do you permit people to do this?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes. This is marriage, not a secret affair. Proclaim the marriage with song."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Yazid bin Abd al-Malik al-Nawfali, who is da'if (weak), and Yahya bin Ma'in declared him thiqah (trustworthy) according to one report.

Abdullah bin Habbar reports from his father: Sayyiduna Habbar (may Allah be pleased with him) married off his daughter, and at her wedding the "kir" (a particular instrument) and the "ghirbal" (a sieve-like drum) were played. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard the sound and asked: "What is this?" The people said: "Habbar has married off his daughter, and the 'kir' (a particular instrument) and the 'ghirbal' (a sieve-like drum) are being played at her wedding." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Proclaim the marriage with song! Proclaim the marriage with song! This is marriage, not a secret affair."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin Ubaydullah al-Arzami, who is da'if (weak).

It is reported about Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that he attended the wedding of a man from the Ansar together with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered the marriage sermon and married off the Ansari, then he supplicated: "With harmony, with goodness, and with a blessed omen." (Then he said:) "Beat the daff over your companion's head." So they beat the daff over his head. Then baskets came containing fruit and sugar, and these were scattered over the people, but the people held back and did not scramble for them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How fine forbearance is! But why do you not scramble for them?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah! You forbade us from snatching on such-and-such a day." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I only forbade you from snatching (plunder) in armies; I did not forbid you from scrambling at wedding feasts. So go ahead and scramble!" Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) says: By Allah! I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) pulling him and pulling us towards that scramble.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it similarly in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, but there his words are: "With goodness, with blessing, with harmony, with a blessed omen, and with abundance in provision; may Allah bless you." The chain of al-Mu'jam al-Awsat contains a narrator, Bishr bin Ibrahim, who is a fabricator of hadith. The chain of al-Mu'jam al-Kabir contains a narrator, Hazim, the freed slave of Banu Hashim, who narrates from Limazah. I have not found anyone who has given the biographies of these two. This narrator Limazah narrates from Thawr bin Yazid and is from a later period; he is not Ibn Zabbar, because that one narrates from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) and people like him. The rest of the narrators of al-Mu'jam al-Kabir are thiqat (trustworthy).