Walima

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Walima (Arabic: وليمة), or the marriage banquet, is one of the two traditional parts of an Islamic wedding. The walima is performed after the nikah, or marriage ceremony. The word walima is derived from walam, meaning to gather or assemble. It designates a feast in classical Arabic and newspaper Arabic. Walima is used as a symbol to show domestic felicity in the household post-marriage. In Modern Arabic the word "Ars" عرس is used for "wedding".

Debate: The Time of Walima == Scholars have different views on what the correct time of walima is; for example some believe it should take place

  • at the time of the wedding contract (nikah)
  • after nikah and prior to consummation
  • at the time of the wedding procession (Ibn Hajar, Fath al-Bari, 9/287)
  • after consummation (but this is not a certainity)

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