Q: Could you please let me know before marriage, from the grooms side people go to the brides side and put flowers to brides hair, it is permissible in Islam? I strictly told to my parents it is not permissible in Islam, my parents also accepted. Could you please advise me whether what I did was correct.
A: The putting of flowers is not a sunnat practice. It should be discarded.
عن عائشة رضي الله عنها ، قالت : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد (مشكاة المصابيح # 140)
Answered by:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)