Ulama from Darul Uloom Deoband have launched a countrywide campaign against the practice of dowry, use of loud music and crackers during wedding ceremonies. They have said that they will not solemnise nikah in such functions.
The decision was taken after an imam in Shamli district refused to solemnise the nikah, after seeing the groom grooving to the music over the roof of a car.
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Qari Ishaq Gora, a prominent cleric in Deoband said, “The Ulama everywhere are being told not to conduct nikah in such marriages. We are also against dowry and the Ulama will not solemnise weddings in which there is an exchange of money”, IANS quoted him as saying.
The decision was collectively taken by all the Ulama in a meeting convened by Maulana Mufti Asrarul Haq in Muzaffarnagar. The step further gains support from prominent and elderly figures of the community.
