Announce marriages

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Hadith narrated by Narrated by Ahmad

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Updated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM

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Hadith text: Announce marriages

عن عامر بن عبد الله بن الزبير، عن أبيه، أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: "أعْلِنُوا النِّكاح".

Explanation of the hadith: Announce marriages

This Hadīth encourages announcing and publicizing marriages as well as communicating information regarding them to the people as a means of showing joy and in order to make them different from secret marriages. Customs and traditions regulate the ways to announce marriages. The means of announcing marriages include wedding banquets, having witnesses, accompanying and celebrating the husband when he leaves with the bride, beating the duff (big tambourine), blowing the horns of cars, and so on.

Categories : Family Jurisprudence · Marriage · Jurisprudence and Juristic Principles

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