Muslim Bride Attends Her Own Wedding Inside Mosque In Kerala, Sets A New Trend
In a first a Muslim bride in Kerala has attended her own wedding along with the groom her father and other men from both the families at a mosque. In Muslim weddings brides hardly attends the marriage function since it is a contract between the father of the bride and the groom.
Women in India are now breaking the conventional thinking and are coming out to do whatever they love most. But this time it is a Muslim woman who has truly done something unique.
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In a first, a Muslim bride in Kerala has attended her own wedding along with the groom, her father and other men from both the families at a mosque, setting a new trend in the community.
In Muslim weddings, brides hardly attends the marriage function since it is a contract between the father of the bride and the groom.
¡®Thinking unique¡¯
KS Ummer from Parakadavu, whose daughter got married on the day said he thought out of the box.
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¡°Both our families wanted my daughter Bahaja to witness her wedding along with us at the mosque,¡± Ummer told The New Indian Express.
¡°It is high time 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.
Approached mahal committee
¡°Once we had this thought, we approached the mahal committee and after discussing it, they accepted our appeal and congratulated us on thinking differently,¡± he added.
Ummer said that in another wedding in Parakadavu last week, the bride was allowed to witness her wedding, but the function was held on the mosque premises and not within.
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¡°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.
Will continue this
Mahal secretary E J Niyas told The New Indian Express, ¡°There was no difference of opinion 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 the bride inside the mosque to attend the marriage ceremony, if the family wants¡±.
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However, reformist Muslim scholar C H Musthafa Moulavi, who initiated such marriages in Malabar over a year ago, had a hard time on account of this. ¡°Many termed the marriage fornication and others took to social media to voice their opposition,¡± he said.
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