Asalam alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakaruh. I wanted to pose a question to us all. Even though I've been a Muslim all my life, it's only until recently that I started taking extra efforts to learn about the deen properly. It seems like the more I learn, the more I'm taken aback by certain societal practices I had gotten used to all my life. One of them is how celebrations are done by muslims in this part of the world (especially weddings). From the little I know, most of them appear not to be quite proper according to the standards we're meant to follow as muslims (just an observation for now, not a conclusion).My question is simply "what does a celebration truly entail in the Islamic sense". I would appreciate if those knowledgeable about this reply as I'm also seeking to learn here. Masha Allah.

What kind of celebration exactly? You didn't specify....

Well basically, in a celebration;

1) No Music or dancing

2) No alcohol taking

3) No free mixing between non-mahram individuals

4) you shouldn't be extravagant

5) the short answer to your auestion is, avoid all that is considered haram within the tenets of Islam of which I've mentioned some...

But you can still be specific.

And Allaah knows best.

Shouldn't be a celebration that originated from the kufar - Christmas, Birthday etc
No Pork

To be specific, an example is how I've observed the walimah nikkah is celebrated. It definitely involves many of the prohibited acts such as dancing, free mixing mentioned by lexiconkabir.
Another thing quite prevalent especially in the south west is often termed "fidau prayer" for a deceased which often leads to extravagant parties being thrown all in the name of celebrating the dead. Most of these I definitely feel aren't proper.

AideeSheks:
To be specific, an example is how I've observed the walimah nikkah is celebrated. It definitely involves many of the prohibited acts such as dancing, free mixing mentioned by lexiconkabir.
Another thing quite prevalent especially in the south west is often termed "fidau prayer" for a deceased which often leads to extravagant parties being thrown all in the name of celebrating the dead. Most of these I definitely feel aren't proper.

With regards to walimah nikkah and such, I don't intend on hosting one if I can't stay away from the prohibited things. People will talk but that's the only thing they can do. Marriage shouldn't be built on the foundation of sin.

@ bolded I intended to make a thread about this issue today but was unable to do so. In sha Allah I will post on the topic.

AideeSheks:
To be specific, an example is how I've observed the walimah nikkah is celebrated. It definitely involves many of the prohibited acts such as dancing, free mixing mentu oned by lexiconkabir.
Another thing quite prevalent especially in the south west is often termed "fidau prayer" for a deceased which often leads to extravagant parties being thrown all in the name of celebrating the dead. Most off these I definitely feel aren't proper.

On issue of nikkah visit https://islamqa.info/en/854

Fidau prayer is bid'a, but lets wait for the sister to open her thread so you can get the details...

lexiconkabir:


On issue of nikkah visit https://islamqa.info/en/854

Fidau prayer is bid'a, but lets wait for the sister to open her thread so you can get the details...

I might take a long time.

Contact17:

I might take a long time.

Not today?

@Aideesheks, the basic thing is fidau is bid'a and people should stay away from it, it has no place in Islam, praying for the deceased should be an everyday thing, no a "after forty days" or "after 3 days" thing...

lexiconkabir:


Not today?

No. I intended it for today but the Alfas' post took alot of my time and I don't just want to copy paste from islamqa.info/en. I want to cover the issue of staying in a place in order to receive condolences, 40 days prayer, reciting Qur'an at the graveside, cooking and celebrating the dead (from the side of the family affected). So it will take a long time to bring it all together, edit and ensure that its not too long.

Jazakumullahu khairan. Thanks for the clarification, I've learnt . And I'll wait for her detailed write-up on the other issue.