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Family, marriage and kinshipHospitalityCuisines of the Muslim world
Overview
The walima is food prepared for an occasion, most famously the wedding feast. 1
Ruling
The majority hold it a sunna, not obligatory — were it obligatory it would be exacted from the living and from the estate like other dues; a Shafi'i view, a Maliki view and a report from Ahmad cited by Ibn 'Aqil hold it obligatory, on the report of 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf: the Prophet saw the trace of yellow on him, he said "I married an Ansari woman," and he told him "give a feast, even with one sheep." 1
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Bakdash· Le Café de la Mosquée de Paris· Café Riche· El-Fishawy Café· Hafiz Mustafa 1864· Jarir Bookstore· Karim's· Rick's Café Casablanca
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.17946
- Sahih al-Bukhari
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islam.museum contributors. “The wedding feast (walima)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/practice/walima/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.