Walima (wedding feast, fiqh)

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Walima, from walm (gathering), is the feast of a wedding or betrothal, and technically any food made for a happy event. The rulings on the wedding feast cover whether it is a sunna or an obligation, whether it is enforced, the purpose of announcing the marriage, accepting the invitation, and eating by a fasting or non-fasting guest. 12

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The Prophetic Era
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Family, marriage and kinship

People and things also explored

Taj Mahal· Abawan (the two parents)· Justice among co-wives· Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband· Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)· Ahl al-Nasab (the kin by descent, and who counts as kin in bequests and endowments)· Akdariyya (a named inheritance case)· Brother (full, paternal and maternal) in law

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.17946
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.17947
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