Women in Indiaare now breaking the conventional thinking and are coming out to do whateverthey love most. But this time it is a Muslim woman who has truly done somethingunique.
In a first, a Muslimbride in Kerala has attended her own wedding along with the groom, her fatherand other men from both the families at a mosque, setting a new trend in thecommunity.
?In Muslim weddings, brides hardly attends the marriage function since it is a contract between the father of the bride and the groom.
KS Ummer from Parakadavu, whose daughter got married on the day said he thought out of the box.
¡°Both ourfamilies wanted my daughter Bahaja to witness her wedding along with us at themosque,¡± Ummer told The New Indian Express.
¡°It is hightime that we discarded such practices that have no place in Islam. The brides,including my daughter, have the right to witness their wedding,¡± Ummer said.
¡°Once we hadthis thought, we approached the mahal committee and after discussing it, theyaccepted our appeal and congratulated us on thinking differently,¡± he added.
Ummer said thatin another wedding in Parakadavu last week, the bride was allowed to witnessher wedding, but the function was held on the mosque premises and not within.
¡°Hence, Bahaja¡¯s wedding became the first ceremony in our locality, where the bride was able to witness the ceremony inside the mosque,¡± Ummer said.
Mahal secretaryE J Niyas told The New Indian Express, ¡°There was no difference ofopinion among the mahal committee members when the family made such a request,¡±he said adding, ¡°In the future also, we will be happy to make space for thebride inside the mosque to attend the marriage ceremony, if the familywants¡±.?
However, reformistMuslim scholar C H Musthafa Moulavi, who initiated such marriages in Malabarover a year ago, had a hard time on account of this. ¡°Many termed the marriage fornication and otherstook to social media to voice their opposition,¡± he said.
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