Muslim Wedding Rituals



You can visit matrimonial sites in order to get a matchmaking.  Once you succeed, you can go ahead to plan for your wedding matrimony. In case you are a Muslim, looking for beautiful Indian brides, then online shadi sites can help you in planning for your wedding rituals. There are so many cultures and customs which surrounds the wedding realm all over the world. Muslim weddings are one of the most scintillating and colorful of them all.

Islam is one of the most popular and prominent religion and has unique and numerous traditions to follow during their weddings. There are rituals for pre-wedding and rituals for post-wedding at each and every wedding. The following are some of the rituals which Muslims follow.

Nikkah


It is a ritual for pre-wedding whereby the Imam initiates a prayer so that the marriage is blessed by Allah. It is in basic times, an announcement of an impending marriage made officially.

Imam Zamin

After the SalatulIshtikara, the Iman Zamin follows. It is the visitation by the groom’s mother to the home of the bride. With her, she carries gifts and sweets, together with ominous silver coin or gold. This is wrapped in a silk scarf, then tied on the bride’s arm to signify formal acceptance and welcome into her new home.

Mangni


This is the engagement where close relatives and friends gather together in order to witness the exchange of rings in a ceremony setting. Both of the families give each other gifts. It is a public declaration of the bride’s and groom’s betrothal.

Manjha


It is the Muslim’s marriage equivalent to the ceremony of haldi. It is done two days before the actual wedding. The groom and the bride dress in yellow in their homes where they are then pasted with a paste of sandalwood and turmeric mixed in rosewater. Celebrations follow afterward and then they are bathed in what is referred to as holy water. After all that, they are not supposed to leave their homes until the marriage day.


Mehendi

In a Muslim wedding, Mehendi is a very important ritual where the bride’s family women and her female friends come together. A relative or a professional who is good at Mehendi application draws newest and beautiful bridal mehendi designs on the feet and hands of the muslim bride. In the design, there are hidden initials of the groom and on the wedding night, he will have to find it.

Baraat


Baraat is the most exciting event of the wedding day. Using a car that is decorated beautifully, the groom heads to the wedding venue. He is accompanied by male friends and relatives with a family member of the bride also in the entourage. It is a loud procession that is very splendid, announcing that in a few hours, the wedding is going to happen.

Walima

This is a final wedding ritual where the groom's invites all his and bride's family members at his place for a dinner to join and celebrate their wedding ceremony. The groom mostly wear a dashing suit in Walima while the bridal outfit is called "Gharara/Sharara". It is the last wedding ritual which signifies the affection, blessing, and support that both family members give their blessings to the new family.

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