❖ Placing a Garland Around the Groom’s Neck: Sharʿī Guidance and Fatwa
Reference: Fatāwā ʿIlmiyyah, Vol. 1, Title: Uṣūl, Takhrīj, and Ḥadīth Authentication – p. 668
❀ Question
What is the ruling regarding placing a garland around the groom’s neck?
(Question by: Ḥājī Nadhīr Khān, Dāmān, Ḥazro)
❀ Answer
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu wa-s-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, ʾammā baʿd!
Placing a garland around the groom’s neck is a vain custom for which no evidence exists in the purified Sharīʿah.
This practice is neither established in the Qur’an al-Karīm, nor does it have any basis in the Aḥādīth of the Prophet ﷺ, nor does it conform to the way of the Salaf al-Ṣāliḥīn.
Therefore, it is necessary to avoid such customs, as they fall into the category of unwarranted innovations (bidʿah).
ھذا ما عندي واللہ أعلم بالصواب
