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Etiquette of Marriage

Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Younger Brother Getting Married Before Older Brother

Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen From the tape al-Liqaa’ al-Shahriyyah, 15.

I am a young man aged 21 years. I want to get married but I have two older brothers who have not got married yet. is it permissible for me to get married before them?

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Prophet Peace Prophet Peace What Should a Muslim Do When He Wants to Consummate His Marriage?

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

assalamuvalakumI am a 21yr old young man and inshallah next year getting married. My question is that, i need to know the way a marriage is set to be planned, i mean how is the nikah supposed to be performed, how many people can i invite is there a limit, can i have music, dancing during my wedding or during reception or valima. Also i need to know is that, whose responsibility is it to conduct the nikah and valima, is it the brides, or the bride grooms.I need to know this answer a.s.a.p. so i could inform my family and inshallah i will implement it in my life, so Allah will bless me and my marriage. My family is from XXX and so show alot of custom.

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Prophet Peace Prophet Peace Etiquette of Intimate Relations

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

islam teaches us everthing.as to how to eat , dress, etc..is there also a Sunnah way of sleeping with one's wife.is any position Sunnah .or is there nothing in Saheeh Hadith with regard to this?

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Prophet Peace Prophet Peace How Should An Islamic Wedding Party Be?

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

I am a new muslim and my parents are christian, they agree to take part in a islamic wedding but what are the steps we need to go about it? they are having it at their house and agreed to the food and becerage requirments fr the party following the ceremony. We are trying to have  it so that everyone is comfortable. but I have no idea what to do before during or after and want to make sure everything is in place so that later I don't have to find out that it is void because of a step not taken. I thought we were already married but I found out that we did not do it right.I need to know .

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Etiquette of Marriage Etiquette of Marriage is it Makrooh to have Intercourse Facing the Direction of the Qiblah?

Fataawa al-Imaam al-Nawawi, p. 190

Is it makrooh to have intercourse facing the direction of the qiblah either out of doors or indoors? are there any differences of opinion among the scholars concerning this matter?

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No Doubt No Doubt Ruling on Intercourse With a Woman in Her Rectum

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

Please accept my apology if this questions offends, but in the pursuit of Islamic knowledge, we cannot afford to be shy for fear that if we are not well advised, we may commit a sin. I have been advised by a friend that there is a qawl [opinion] among some ulamaa' [scholars] that it is permissible to conduct anal sex [anal penetration] [between man and wife only] during the time of the wife's haydh [menstruation] .

is this correct? Please also advise the laws and penalties relevant to it.

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Marriage Contract Marriage Contract When Should one Pray Two Rak’ahs With One’s Bride?

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhMy question is regarding praying nawafil between Asr and Maghrib. I am getting married this Wednesday, insha' Allah.The marriage ceremony [i.e. writing the contract] will be right after Asr prayer. I wanted to know if it is permissible to pray the two Sunnah rakat that are to be prayed upon marriage. Does the specific order of praying these two rakat over ride the general ruling of no nawafil between Asr and Maghrib ? Also, is this the case in general [i.e. specific over rides general] ? P.S. Please answer quickly, I have two days to find out !

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