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Clarification on matters pertaining to the ettiqutes of Nikāh

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a) Is it substantiated in the Hadeeth or termed Sunnah to sprinkle water on the newly wedded wife together with reciting a specific duaa, which is the hadith wherein this is proven?

  b) If so, who should carry out this practise?

  c) What is the duaa to be recited?

  d) what is the sunnah procedure for leaving off the bride to her husbands home? Should the parents of the bride drop her off to her new home? Source/reference?

  e) Is it correct for newly weds after their nikaah to be chauffeur driven by friends/family? Is this not unislaamic & western trends?

  f)What is the sunnah practice to be adopted upon the newly wedded husband & wife meeting for the first time after their nikaah? Is their a practise where the husband should recite a  certain   duaa placing his hand on his wife’s forelock and should a specific drink be shared by both. Are there any other practices to be carried out as well according to the sunnah?

Kindly clarify the above with references and sources. It will be much appreciated!

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

  1. After the marriage and before saying farewell to one’s daughter, the following Du’ā should be recited and blown in a cup of water,

اللهم إني اعيذها بك وذريتها من الشيطان الرجيم

Allāhumma Inny O’eedhuhā wa Dhurriyataha Minash Shaytaanir Rajeem

 

O Allah, I place her and her progeny in your protection from Shaytan the accursed

 The water should then be sprinkled on her chest, face and back. The same should be done with the son-in-law with another cup of water. However, in the case of the son-in-law, he should say O’eedhuhu and Dhurriyatuhu. This practice is established from the following Hadīth narrated in Sahīh Ibn Hibbān, 

وَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْبَيْتَ، فَقَالَ لِفَاطِمَةَ: “إِيتِينِي بِمَاءٍ” فَقَامَتْ إِلَى قَعْبٍ فِي الْبَيْتِ، فَأَتَتْ فِيهِ بِمَاءٍ، فَأَخَذَهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَجَّ فِيهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا:” تَقَدَّمِي” فَتَقَدَّمَتْ، فَنَضَحَ بَيْنَ ثَدْيَيْهَا وَعَلَى رَأْسِهَا، وَقَالَ: “اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ” ثُمَّ قَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَهَا: “أَدْبِرِي”, فَأَدْبَرَتْ، فَصَبَّ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهَا، وَقَالَ: “اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ” ثُمَّ قَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: “إِيتُونِي بِمَاءٍ”، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَعَلِمْتُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ، فَقُمْتُ، فَمَلَأْتُ الْقَعْبَ مَاءً، وَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهِ، فَأَخَذَهُ وَمَجَّ فِيهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: “تَقَدَّمْ”، فَصَبَّ عَلَى رَأْسِي وَبَيْنَ ثَدْيَيَّ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: “اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُعِيذُهُ بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ” ثُمَّ قَالَ: “أَدْبِرْ” فَأَدْبَرْتُ، فَصَبَّهُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيَّ، وَقَالَ “اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُعِيذُهُ بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

(After the marriage of ‘Ali and Fātimah Radhiyallahu ‘Anhuma) Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) entered their home and asked Fatimah (Radhiyallahu ‘Anha) to bring some water. Fatimah (Radhiyallahu ‘Anha) stood up and filled a bowl with water and brought it to Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam). Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) took a sip of the water and returned it to the bowl. Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) asked Fātimah (Radhiyallahu ‘Anha) to come near. When she came near, he sprinkled some of the water on her chest area and face and recited the following Du’ā,

اللهم إني اعيذها بك وذريتها من الشيطان الرجيم

Allāhumma Inny ‘Oeedhuhā wa Dhurriyataha Minash Shaytaanir Rajeem

 

O Allah, I place her and her progeny in your protection from Shaytan the accursed

 

He then told her to turn around and sprinkled water on her back and repeated the same Du’ā. Thereafter, he told ‘Alī (Radhiyallahu ‘Anhu) to come near. When ‘Ali came near, Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) sprinkled some of the water on his chest area and face and recited the following Du’ā,

اللهم إني اعيذه بك وذريته من الشيطان الرجيم

Allāhumma Inny ‘Oeedhuhu wa Dhurriyatahu Minash Shaytaanir Rajeem

 

O Allah, I place him and his progeny in your protection from Shaytan the accurse

He then told him to turn around and sprinkled water on his back and repeated the same Du’ā.[1]

  1. After her Nikāh, ‘Aishah (Radhiyallāhu ‘Anha) was accompanied to the house of Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) by her mother Ummu Rūmān and some women from Ansār. Moreover, Fātimah (Radhiyallāhu ‘Anha) was accompanied by Ummu Aiman to the house of ‘Alī after their Nikāh. It is understood from this that women used to accompany the bride to the house of the groom.[2]
  2. On the first night of marriage, when in seclusion with the wife, hold the forelocks (hair of the forehead) of her head and recite the following Du’a,

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّىْ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ

Allahumma Inny Asaluka Khayraha wa Khayra maa Jabaltaha Alaihi Wa aoodhu bika min Sharriha Wa Min Sharri Maa Jabaltaha Alaihi

 

O Allah I ask you for her good and the good you have created her with and I seek your protection from her evil and the evil you have created her with

Thereafter, make Du’ā for Barakah.

Whenever intending to go to the wife (to satisfy oneself), recite the following Du’aa:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ اللّٰهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ وَجَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا

Bismillah Allahumma Jannibnaash Shaytaana Wa Jannibish Shaytaana Maa Razaqtanaa

In the name of Allah, O Allah, distance Shaytan from us and from what you have given us in sustenance (progeny)

If she conceives, that child will be protected from Shaytan.[3]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Muntasir Zaman

Student Darul Iftaa
New York, USA

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

www.daruliftaa.net


[1]  صحيح ابن حبان (الإحسان في تقريب صحيح ابن حبان) 395/15 مؤسسة الرسالة

الحصن الحصين ابن الجزري ص 76

بهشتي زيور ص 335

[2]  فتاوى دار العلوم زكرياء 642/3

[3]  الاذكار للنووي ص 408-409  دار ابن كثير

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