Social Matters >> Nikah (Marriage)
Question ID: 36419Country: India
Answer ID: 36419
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 251/L=164/TL=1433) Walimah is masnoon. There is no harm if one arranges different kinds of dishes as per his capacity. Also you did good that you arranged separate sitting for male and female. In short, what your father thought for walimah is good. However if you have capacity then you should invite your neighbours, also some Ulama, pious persons and poor and needy ones. The holy Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: شر الطعام طعام الوليمة يدعى لها الأغنياء و يترك لها الفقراء . Bad is the meal of walimah in which only rich are invited and poor ones are ignored.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India