A vanney is a ceremony in which the mother of the bride...

A vanney is a ceremony in which the mother of the bride covers herself and the daughter with velvet cloth; and the relatives, in turn, come, to her, kiss her, give her a sweet or 'attar", sprinkle confetti on her and give her some money. Is this allowed? A. There is no harm if it involves only those male relatives wno are "mahram", or if it is done by ladies only. Q.

88: PURDAH DURING MARRIAGE CEREMONIES By your answer, does it mean that after nikah, the bride and groom on reaching home are allowed to be met by ONLY their parents (the other relations being either na-mahram of the groom, bride, or each other)? In Arabia during the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) 's times, how did weddings take place? Weren't they full of music etc.? A. You should not confuse the matter by using the word " music" for the chant or songs sung by women during wedding in those days.

So far as shari'ah is concerned the rule of "purdah" is not relaxed for marriage ceremonies, although nowadays only few "old-fashioned" women seem to care about it in marriage gatherings. To compound the evil, now video films are made of the whole ceremonies, and shown everywhere thus a wrong committed for a few hours in perpetuated for years. Q. 89: HIJAB RULES AND LOOKING AT A WOMAN OR MAN Are we allowed to look at women who are veiled with their faces open?

Are women allowed to look at men if they are themselves properly veiled? Or if they aren't properly veiled? Do men have any necessary covering like women have to wear hijab? Can a man look at an unveiled Muslim or non-Muslim without a 'lusty1 intention? Does 'lusty" include: (a) admiring her facial features? (b) admiring her clothes? (c) admiring the contours of her body? (d) admiring her parts which are left bare eg. legs, hands, etc.

If l am mahram to a lady, am I allowed to look at her private parts? To what extent is she allowed to show me her body? A. Here is the gist of the full mas'ala, which covers all your enquiries on this subject: Woman is obligated to cover her body (except face and two palms) from all men except the husband and those who are in prohibited degree like father, son etc.

It is wajib for her to cover even her face and palms from all-other than husband-even from mahram if he looks at her with lust; rather it is ahwat to hide the face and palms from ghair-mahrams in all cases. Man is not obligated to hide his body except the private parts.