The marriage sermon (khutbat an-nikah)
The sermon recommended before the offer and acceptance of marriage (nikah), given here in the two forms the source records.
Before a couple say their marriage words, it is recommended that someone recite a short speech first, called the khutbah, praising Allah and reminding everyone to be mindful of Him. It is best if the bride's guardian reads it, as the Prophet ﷺ himself did at his daughter Fatimah's wedding.
It is recommended to recite a short sermon before the marriage words, praising Allah, declaring that there is no god but Him, and reminding everyone to be mindful of Him. Everyone present must listen to it quietly.
1234بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ
Bismillāhi'r-Raḥmāni'r-Raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
اَلنِّكَاحُ مِنْ سُنَّتِي فَمَنْ رَّغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى
An-nikāḥu min sunnatī, faman raghiba ʿan sunnatī fa laysa minnī
Marriage is from my way of life; whoever turns away from my way is not following me.
It is best to use the sermon the Prophet ﷺ himself taught, which includes his sayings that marriage is his way, that we should marry loving women who will have children, and that a good wife is the best thing in the world.
123The sermon of nikah (khutbat an-nikah) is recommended before the offer and acceptance are exchanged. It is recommended that the bride's guardian himself recite it, as the Prophet ﷺ did at the marriage of his daughter Fatimah az-Zahra, or, failing that, the person conducting the nikah or another righteous man present.
Reciting the marriage sermon (khutbat an-nikah) before the offer and acceptance is recommended (mustahabb), preferably by the bride's guardian. It should contain praise of Allah, the testimony of faith, verses of the Qur'an and a reminder to fear Allah and keep one's covenants, and listening to it in silence is obligatory on all present.
1234بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ
Bismillāhi'r-Raḥmāni'r-Raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ نَحْمَدُهٗ وَنَسْتَعِينُهٗ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهٗ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ اَنْفُسِنَا وَ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا مَنْ يَّهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهٗ وَ مَنْ يُضْلِلْهُ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهٗ وَاَشْهَدُ أَن ۡلَّآ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهٗ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهٗ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهٗ وَرَسُولُهٗ
Al-ḥamdu lillāhi naḥmaduhū wa nastaʿīnuhū wa nastaghfiruh, wa naʿūdhu billāhi min shurūri anfusinā wa min sayyiʾāti aʿmālinā, man yahdihi'llāhu fa lā muḍilla lah, wa man yuḍlilhu fa lā hādiya lah, wa ashhadu an lā ilāha illa'llāhu waḥdahū lā sharīka lah, wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan ʿabduhū wa rasūluh
All praise is for Allah. We praise Him, we seek His help, and we ask His forgiveness, and we seek refuge in Allah from the evil within ourselves and from our wicked deeds. Whoever Allah guides, none can lead astray; and whoever He leaves astray, none can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger.
أَرْسَلَهٗ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَّنَذِيرًا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ . مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهٗ فَقَدْ رَشَدَ وَ مَنْ يَعْصِهِمَا فَإِنَّهٗ لَا يَضُرُّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهٗ وَلَا يَضُرُّ اللهَ شَيْئًا . وَنَسْأَلُ اللهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنَا مِمَّنْ يُطِيعُهٗ وَ يُطِيعُ رَسُولَهٗ، وَيَتَّبِعُ رِضْوَانَهٗ وَيَجْتَنِبُ سَخَطَهٗ، فَإِنَّمَا نَحْنُ بِهٖ وَ لَهٗ
Arsalahū bi'l-ḥaqqi bashīran wa nadhīran bayna yadayi's-sāʿah. Man yuṭiʿi'llāha wa rasūlahū faqad rashad, wa man yaʿṣihimā fa innahū lā yaḍurru illā nafsahū wa lā yaḍurru'llāha shayʾā. Wa nasʾalu'llāha an yajʿalanā mimman yuṭīʿuhū wa yuṭīʿu rasūlah, wa yattabiʿu riḍwānahū wa yajtanibu sakhaṭah, fa innamā naḥnu bihī wa lah
He sent him with the truth, as a bringer of good news and a warner before the coming of the Hour. Whoever obeys Allah and His messenger is rightly guided, and whoever disobeys them harms only himself and does not harm Allah in the least. We ask Allah to make us among those who obey Him and obey His messenger, who follow His pleasure and avoid His displeasure, for we exist through Him and for Him.
يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِّنْ نَّفْسٍ وَّاحِدَةٍ وَّ خَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًاً كَثِيرًا وَّنِسَآءًط وَاتَّقُوُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهٖ وَالْأَرْحَامَ ط إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيباً . يٰٓأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تَقٰتِهٖ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ. يٰٓأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا يُصْلِحۡ لَكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرۡ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ ، وَ مَنْ يُّطِعِ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهٗ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا
Yā ayyuha'n-nāsu'ttaqū rabbakumu'lladhī khalaqakum min nafsin wāḥidatin wa khalaqa minhā zawjahā wa baththa minhumā rijālan kathīran wa nisāʾā, wa'ttaqu'llāha'lladhī tasāʾalūna bihī wa'l-arḥām, inna'llāha kāna ʿalaykum raqībā. Yā ayyuha'lladhīna āmanu'ttaqu'llāha ḥaqqa tuqātihī wa lā tamūtunna illā wa antum muslimūn. Yā ayyuha'lladhīna āmanu'ttaqu'llāha wa qūlū qawlan sadīdā, yuṣliḥ lakum aʿmālakum wa yaghfir lakum dhunūbakum, wa man yuṭiʿi'llāha wa rasūlahū faqad fāza fawzan ʿaẓīmā
O mankind, be mindful of your Lord, who created you from a single soul, created from it its mate, and spread from the two of them many men and women. Be mindful of Allah, in whose name you ask one another for your rights, and of family ties; Allah is ever watchful over you. O you who believe, be mindful of Allah as He deserves to be feared, and do not die except in a state of submission to Him. O you who believe, be mindful of Allah and speak words that are just and true: He will set right your deeds for you and forgive you your sins, and whoever obeys Allah and His messenger has attained a great triumph.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اَلنِّكَاحُ مِنْ سُنَّتِي فَمَنْ رَّغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى وَقَالَ : تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُوْدَ فَإِنِّي أُبَاهِي بِكُمُ الْأُمَمَ. وَقَالَ: اَلدُّنْيَا كُلُّهَا مَتَاعٌ وَّخَيْرُ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَا الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ. اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدِنِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَعَلٰٓى اٰلِهٖ وَ أَصْحَابِهٖ وَأَزْوَاجِهٖ وَ ذُرِّيَّاتِهٖ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهٖ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا كَثِيرًا كَثِيرًا۔
Qāla rasūlu'llāhi ṣalla'llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam: An-nikāḥu min sunnatī, faman raghiba ʿan sunnatī fa laysa minnī. Wa qāla: Tazawwaju'l-wadūda'l-walūda fa innī mubāhin bikumu'l-umam. Wa qāla: Ad-dunyā kulluhā matāʿun wa khayru matāʿi'd-dunyā al-marʾatu'ṣ-ṣāliḥah. Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadini'n-nabiyyi'l-ummiyyi wa ʿalā ālihī wa aṣḥābihī wa azwājihī wa dhurriyyātihī wa ahli baytihī wa sallam taslīman kathīran kathīrā
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Marriage is from my sunnah; whoever turns away from my sunnah is not of me.' And he said: 'Marry the loving and the fertile, for I will boast of your numbers before the other nations.' And he said: 'The whole world is a provision, and the best provision of the world is a righteous woman.' O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad, the unlettered Prophet, and upon his family, his companions, his wives, his descendants and the people of his household, and grant abundant peace.
It is better to recite a sermon transmitted in authentic narrations, such as the one given here, which includes the Prophet's ﷺ sayings that marriage is his sunnah, that one should marry the loving and the fertile, and that the best provision of the world is a righteous woman.
123اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْمَحْمُودِ بِنِعْمَتِهٖ ، اَلْمَعْبُودِ بِقُدْرَتِهٖ ، اَلْمُطَاعِ بِسُلْطَانِهٖ ، اَلْمَرْهُوبِ مِنْ عَذَابِهٖ وَسَطۡوَتِهٖ ، اَلنَّافِذِ أَمْرَهٗ فِي سَمَآئِهٖ وَ أَرْضِهٖ ، اَلَّذِي خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ بِقُدْرَتِهٖ وَ أَمَرَهُمۡ بِأَحْكَامِهٖ ، وَ أَعَزَّهُمْ بِدِينِهٖ ، وَأَكْرَمَهُمْ بِنَبِيِّهٖ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالٰى تَبَارَكَ اسْمُهٗ وَتَعَالَتْ عَظَمَتُهٗ جَعَلَ الْمُصَاهَرَةَ سَبَباً لَاحِقًا وَ اَمْرًا مُفْتَرَضاً أَوْشَحَ بِهٖ الْأَرْحَامَ وَ اَلْزَمَ الْآنَامَ. فَقَالَ عَزَّ مِنْ قَائِلٍ: وَ هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ الْمَآءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهٗ نَسَبًا وَ صِهْرًا ط وَ كَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًا ، فَاَمۡرُ اللَّهِ تَعَالٰى يَجْرِي إِلٰى قَضَآئِهٖ وَ قَضَآؤُهُ يَجْرِى إِلٰى قَدَرِهٖ ، وَلِكُلِّ قَضَآءٍ قَدَرٌ وَ لِكُلِّ قَدَرٍ أَجَلٌ وَ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍ كِتَابٌ يَمْحُو اللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَ يُثْبِتُ وَ عِنْدَهٗ أُمُّ الْكِتٰبِ
Al-ḥamdu lillāhi'l-maḥmūdi bi-niʿmatih, al-maʿbūdi bi-qudratih, al-muṭāʿi bi-sulṭānih, al-marhūbi min ʿadhābihī wa saṭwatih, an-nāfidhi amruhū fī samāʾihī wa arḍih, alladhī khalaqa'l-khalqa bi-qudratihī wa amarahum bi-aḥkāmih, wa aʿazzahum bi-dīnih, wa akramahum bi-nabiyyihī Muḥammadin ṣalla'llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam. Inna'llāha taʿālā tabāraka'smuhū wa taʿālat ʿaẓamatuhū jaʿala'l-muṣāharata sababan lāḥiqan wa amran mafrūḍan awshaḥa bihi'l-arḥāma wa alzama'l-anām. Fa qāla ʿazza min qāʾilin: wa huwa'lladhī khalaqa mina'l-māʾi basharan fa jaʿalahū nasaban wa ṣihrā, wa kāna rabbuka qadīrā. Fa amru'llāhi taʿālā yajrī ilā qaḍāʾihī wa qaḍāʾuhū yajrī ilā qadarih, wa likulli qaḍāʾin qadar, wa likulli qadarin ajal, wa likulli ajalin kitāb, yamḥu'llāhu mā yashāʾu wa yuthbit, wa ʿindahū ummu'l-kitāb
Praise belongs to Allah, praised for His favour, worshipped for His power, obeyed for His authority, feared for His punishment and His might, whose command runs through His heaven and His earth; who created creation by His power, commanded them by His rulings, honoured them by His religion, and ennobled them by His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Allah, Most High, blessed is His name and exalted is His majesty, made kinship by marriage a binding cause and an obligatory matter, by which He drew together the ties of family and bound mankind. For He, Mighty is His word, has said: 'And it is He who created a human being from water and gave him lineage and marriage-kinship; and your Lord is ever able to do as He wills.' The command of Allah, Most High, proceeds to His decree, and His decree proceeds to His measure; every decree has a measure, every measure has a term, and every term is written down. Allah erases what He wills and confirms what He wills, and with Him is the source of the Book.
وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اَلنِّكَاحُ مِنْ سُنَّتِي فَمَنْ رَّغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى وَقَالَ : تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُودَ فَإِنِّي أَبَاهِي بِكُمُ الْأُمَمَ وَقَالَ :اَلدُّنْيَا كُلُّهَا مَتَاعٌ وَ خَيْرُ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَا الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ. اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدِ نِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَعَلٰى اٰلِهٖ وَ أَصْحَابِهٖ وَأَزْوَاجِهٖ وَ ذُرِّيَّاتِهٖ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهٖ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا كَثِيرًا كَثِيرًا۔
Wa qāla rasūlu'llāhi ṣalla'llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam: An-nikāḥu min sunnatī, faman raghiba ʿan sunnatī fa laysa minnī. Wa qāla: Tazawwaju'l-wadūda'l-walūda fa innī mubāhin bikumu'l-umam. Wa qāla: Ad-dunyā kulluhā matāʿun wa khayru matāʿi'd-dunyā al-marʾatu'ṣ-ṣāliḥah. Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadini'n-nabiyyi'l-ummiyyi wa ʿalā ālihī wa aṣḥābihī wa azwājihī wa dhurriyyātihī wa ahli baytihī wa sallam taslīman kathīran kathīrā
And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Marriage is from my sunnah; whoever turns away from my sunnah is not of me.' And he said: 'Marry the loving and the fertile, for I will boast of your numbers before the other nations.' And he said: 'The whole world is a provision, and the best provision of the world is a righteous woman.' O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad, the unlettered Prophet, and upon his family, his companions, his wives, his descendants and the people of his household, and grant abundant peace.
Khutbat an-nikah is mustahabb before the ijab and qubul are exchanged; it is mustahabb that the bride's wali recite it himself, as the Prophet ﷺ did at the nikah of Fatimah az-Zahra (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhā), failing which, the officiant or another salih man present. Reciting it is mustahabb, but silent attention to it is wajib on all present. Its content should include hamd of Allah, salawat on the Prophet ﷺ, the shahadatayn, ayat of the Qur'an, and exhortation to taqwa, obedience, and fidelity to one's commitments, nikah itself falling under the category of ʿuhud (covenants). It is preferable that the khutbah be one transmitted in the hadith; the source records two such forms.
Khutbat an-nikah before the offer and acceptance (ijab wa qubul) is mustahabb, preferably recited by the bride's guardian (wali), and should contain praise (hamd), the testimony of faith (tashahhud), verses of the Qur'an and exhortation to taqwa and fidelity to covenants, nikah being itself a covenant. Silent attention to it is obligatory (wajib) on all present.
1234بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ
Bismillāhi'r-Raḥmāni'r-Raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ نَحْمَدُهٗ وَنَسْتَعِينُهٗ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهٗ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ اَنْفُسِنَا وَ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا مَنْ يَّهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهٗ وَ مَنْ يُضْلِلْهُ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهٗ وَاَشْهَدُ أَن ۡلَّآ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهٗ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهٗ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهٗ وَرَسُولُهٗ
Al-ḥamdu lillāhi naḥmaduhū wa nastaʿīnuhū wa nastaghfiruh, wa naʿūdhu billāhi min shurūri anfusinā wa min sayyiʾāti aʿmālinā, man yahdihi'llāhu fa lā muḍilla lah, wa man yuḍlilhu fa lā hādiya lah, wa ashhadu an lā ilāha illa'llāhu waḥdahū lā sharīka lah, wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan ʿabduhū wa rasūluh
All praise is for Allah. We praise Him, we seek His help, and we ask His forgiveness, and we seek refuge in Allah from the evil within ourselves and from our wicked deeds. Whoever Allah guides, none can lead astray; and whoever He leaves astray, none can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger.
أَرْسَلَهٗ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَّنَذِيرًا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ . مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهٗ فَقَدْ رَشَدَ وَ مَنْ يَعْصِهِمَا فَإِنَّهٗ لَا يَضُرُّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهٗ وَلَا يَضُرُّ اللهَ شَيْئًا . وَنَسْأَلُ اللهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنَا مِمَّنْ يُطِيعُهٗ وَ يُطِيعُ رَسُولَهٗ، وَيَتَّبِعُ رِضْوَانَهٗ وَيَجْتَنِبُ سَخَطَهٗ، فَإِنَّمَا نَحْنُ بِهٖ وَ لَهٗ
Arsalahū bi'l-ḥaqqi bashīran wa nadhīran bayna yadayi's-sāʿah. Man yuṭiʿi'llāha wa rasūlahū faqad rashad, wa man yaʿṣihimā fa innahū lā yaḍurru illā nafsahū wa lā yaḍurru'llāha shayʾā. Wa nasʾalu'llāha an yajʿalanā mimman yuṭīʿuhū wa yuṭīʿu rasūlah, wa yattabiʿu riḍwānahū wa yajtanibu sakhaṭah, fa innamā naḥnu bihī wa lah
He sent him with the truth, as a bringer of good news and a warner before the coming of the Hour. Whoever obeys Allah and His messenger is rightly guided, and whoever disobeys them harms only himself and does not harm Allah in the least. We ask Allah to make us among those who obey Him and obey His messenger, who follow His pleasure and avoid His displeasure, for we exist through Him and for Him.
يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِّنْ نَّفْسٍ وَّاحِدَةٍ وَّ خَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًاً كَثِيرًا وَّنِسَآءًط وَاتَّقُوُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهٖ وَالْأَرْحَامَ ط إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيباً . يٰٓأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تَقٰتِهٖ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ. يٰٓأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا يُصْلِحۡ لَكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرۡ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ ، وَ مَنْ يُّطِعِ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهٗ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا
Yā ayyuha'n-nāsu'ttaqū rabbakumu'lladhī khalaqakum min nafsin wāḥidatin wa khalaqa minhā zawjahā wa baththa minhumā rijālan kathīran wa nisāʾā, wa'ttaqu'llāha'lladhī tasāʾalūna bihī wa'l-arḥām, inna'llāha kāna ʿalaykum raqībā. Yā ayyuha'lladhīna āmanu'ttaqu'llāha ḥaqqa tuqātihī wa lā tamūtunna illā wa antum muslimūn. Yā ayyuha'lladhīna āmanu'ttaqu'llāha wa qūlū qawlan sadīdā, yuṣliḥ lakum aʿmālakum wa yaghfir lakum dhunūbakum, wa man yuṭiʿi'llāha wa rasūlahū faqad fāza fawzan ʿaẓīmā
O mankind, be mindful of your Lord, who created you from a single soul, created from it its mate, and spread from the two of them many men and women. Be mindful of Allah, in whose name you ask one another for your rights, and of family ties; Allah is ever watchful over you. O you who believe, be mindful of Allah as He deserves to be feared, and do not die except in a state of submission to Him. O you who believe, be mindful of Allah and speak words that are just and true: He will set right your deeds for you and forgive you your sins, and whoever obeys Allah and His messenger has attained a great triumph.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اَلنِّكَاحُ مِنْ سُنَّتِي فَمَنْ رَّغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى وَقَالَ : تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُوْدَ فَإِنِّي أُبَاهِي بِكُمُ الْأُمَمَ. وَقَالَ: اَلدُّنْيَا كُلُّهَا مَتَاعٌ وَّخَيْرُ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَا الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ. اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدِنِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَعَلٰٓى اٰلِهٖ وَ أَصْحَابِهٖ وَأَزْوَاجِهٖ وَ ذُرِّيَّاتِهٖ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهٖ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا كَثِيرًا كَثِيرًا۔
Qāla rasūlu'llāhi ṣalla'llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam: An-nikāḥu min sunnatī, faman raghiba ʿan sunnatī fa laysa minnī. Wa qāla: Tazawwaju'l-wadūda'l-walūda fa innī mubāhin bikumu'l-umam. Wa qāla: Ad-dunyā kulluhā matāʿun wa khayru matāʿi'd-dunyā al-marʾatu'ṣ-ṣāliḥah. Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadini'n-nabiyyi'l-ummiyyi wa ʿalā ālihī wa aṣḥābihī wa azwājihī wa dhurriyyātihī wa ahli baytihī wa sallam taslīman kathīran kathīrā
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Marriage is from my sunnah; whoever turns away from my sunnah is not of me.' And he said: 'Marry the loving and the fertile, for I will boast of your numbers before the other nations.' And he said: 'The whole world is a provision, and the best provision of the world is a righteous woman.' O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad, the unlettered Prophet, and upon his family, his companions, his wives, his descendants and the people of his household, and grant abundant peace.
It is preferable that the khutbah be one transmitted in the hadith, such as the khutbat al-hajah given here, which incorporates the Prophet's ﷺ words that nikah is his sunnah, the instruction to marry the loving and the fertile, and the saying that the best provision of the world is a righteous woman.
123اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْمَحْمُودِ بِنِعْمَتِهٖ ، اَلْمَعْبُودِ بِقُدْرَتِهٖ ، اَلْمُطَاعِ بِسُلْطَانِهٖ ، اَلْمَرْهُوبِ مِنْ عَذَابِهٖ وَسَطۡوَتِهٖ ، اَلنَّافِذِ أَمْرَهٗ فِي سَمَآئِهٖ وَ أَرْضِهٖ ، اَلَّذِي خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ بِقُدْرَتِهٖ وَ أَمَرَهُمۡ بِأَحْكَامِهٖ ، وَ أَعَزَّهُمْ بِدِينِهٖ ، وَأَكْرَمَهُمْ بِنَبِيِّهٖ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالٰى تَبَارَكَ اسْمُهٗ وَتَعَالَتْ عَظَمَتُهٗ جَعَلَ الْمُصَاهَرَةَ سَبَباً لَاحِقًا وَ اَمْرًا مُفْتَرَضاً أَوْشَحَ بِهٖ الْأَرْحَامَ وَ اَلْزَمَ الْآنَامَ. فَقَالَ عَزَّ مِنْ قَائِلٍ: وَ هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ الْمَآءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهٗ نَسَبًا وَ صِهْرًا ط وَ كَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًا ، فَاَمۡرُ اللَّهِ تَعَالٰى يَجْرِي إِلٰى قَضَآئِهٖ وَ قَضَآؤُهُ يَجْرِى إِلٰى قَدَرِهٖ ، وَلِكُلِّ قَضَآءٍ قَدَرٌ وَ لِكُلِّ قَدَرٍ أَجَلٌ وَ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍ كِتَابٌ يَمْحُو اللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَ يُثْبِتُ وَ عِنْدَهٗ أُمُّ الْكِتٰبِ
Al-ḥamdu lillāhi'l-maḥmūdi bi-niʿmatih, al-maʿbūdi bi-qudratih, al-muṭāʿi bi-sulṭānih, al-marhūbi min ʿadhābihī wa saṭwatih, an-nāfidhi amruhū fī samāʾihī wa arḍih, alladhī khalaqa'l-khalqa bi-qudratihī wa amarahum bi-aḥkāmih, wa aʿazzahum bi-dīnih, wa akramahum bi-nabiyyihī Muḥammadin ṣalla'llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam. Inna'llāha taʿālā tabāraka'smuhū wa taʿālat ʿaẓamatuhū jaʿala'l-muṣāharata sababan lāḥiqan wa amran mafrūḍan awshaḥa bihi'l-arḥāma wa alzama'l-anām. Fa qāla ʿazza min qāʾilin: wa huwa'lladhī khalaqa mina'l-māʾi basharan fa jaʿalahū nasaban wa ṣihrā, wa kāna rabbuka qadīrā. Fa amru'llāhi taʿālā yajrī ilā qaḍāʾihī wa qaḍāʾuhū yajrī ilā qadarih, wa likulli qaḍāʾin qadar, wa likulli qadarin ajal, wa likulli ajalin kitāb, yamḥu'llāhu mā yashāʾu wa yuthbit, wa ʿindahū ummu'l-kitāb
Praise belongs to Allah, praised for His favour, worshipped for His power, obeyed for His authority, feared for His punishment and His might, whose command runs through His heaven and His earth; who created creation by His power, commanded them by His rulings, honoured them by His religion, and ennobled them by His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Allah, Most High, blessed is His name and exalted is His majesty, made kinship by marriage a binding cause and an obligatory matter, by which He drew together the ties of family and bound mankind. For He, Mighty is His word, has said: 'And it is He who created a human being from water and gave him lineage and marriage-kinship; and your Lord is ever able to do as He wills.' The command of Allah, Most High, proceeds to His decree, and His decree proceeds to His measure; every decree has a measure, every measure has a term, and every term is written down. Allah erases what He wills and confirms what He wills, and with Him is the source of the Book.
وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اَلنِّكَاحُ مِنْ سُنَّتِي فَمَنْ رَّغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى وَقَالَ : تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُودَ فَإِنِّي أَبَاهِي بِكُمُ الْأُمَمَ وَقَالَ :اَلدُّنْيَا كُلُّهَا مَتَاعٌ وَ خَيْرُ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَا الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ. اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدِ نِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَعَلٰى اٰلِهٖ وَ أَصْحَابِهٖ وَأَزْوَاجِهٖ وَ ذُرِّيَّاتِهٖ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهٖ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا كَثِيرًا كَثِيرًا۔
Wa qāla rasūlu'llāhi ṣalla'llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam: An-nikāḥu min sunnatī, faman raghiba ʿan sunnatī fa laysa minnī. Wa qāla: Tazawwaju'l-wadūda'l-walūda fa innī mubāhin bikumu'l-umam. Wa qāla: Ad-dunyā kulluhā matāʿun wa khayru matāʿi'd-dunyā al-marʾatu'ṣ-ṣāliḥah. Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadini'n-nabiyyi'l-ummiyyi wa ʿalā ālihī wa aṣḥābihī wa azwājihī wa dhurriyyātihī wa ahli baytihī wa sallam taslīman kathīran kathīrā
And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Marriage is from my sunnah; whoever turns away from my sunnah is not of me.' And he said: 'Marry the loving and the fertile, for I will boast of your numbers before the other nations.' And he said: 'The whole world is a provision, and the best provision of the world is a righteous woman.' O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad, the unlettered Prophet, and upon his family, his companions, his wives, his descendants and the people of his household, and grant abundant peace.
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Order of Guardianship in Marriage Rulings Regarding the Insane and Minors
- It is necessary that the Nikah ceremony be free from unlawful matters [Because Nikah is a purely Shari'ah matter, and its establishment is based solely on the legal ruling. Therefore, its ceremony should be completely free of any unlawful matters].
- It is recommended that the Nikah be performed inside the mosque.
- It is recommended that the Nikah ceremony be publicly conducted and that righteous people and others be present.
- It is obligatory for the contracted person to be present in the Nikah gathering [If the person is not mature (baligh), their guardian should be present. (Note (Although the person making the offer and acceptance is called the "contractor", but in this document, the term refers to the groom, and the term "contractee" refers to the bride]. The guardian or agent on behalf of the bride (if the bride is underage, her guardian should be present; if she is mature, then her representative or agent can be present). A guardian may also act as a representative, i.e., the guardian of the mature bride may also act as her representative. If there is no guardian, then any other representative may be present(.
- Before the contract of Nikah, if necessary, repentance and seeking forgiveness from the contractor should be done. The contractor should recite both general and detailed affirmations of faith (Iman) and recite relevant supplications because sometimes words may slip from someone unintentionally that could affect their faith. This can be avoided through ignorance, so it is better to renew one’s faith to ensure the validity of the Nikah.
- After the Nikah assembly has been conducted, the guardian or representative of the mature bride should approach the bride with witnesses and say to her, “I hereby marry you to (so-and-so, son of so-and-so) with a deferred or immediate dowry.” The words must be heard by the witnesses, who should ensure that the individual being spoken to is indeed the bride for whom the contract is being declared. [If the bride (عاقدہ) is underage, there is no need to go to her, because her guardian (wali) has the full authority to conduct the marriage.] If the bride is a mature virgin and her father or grandfather is the one granting permission, her silence will be taken as consent (even her non-verbal gestures like crying or smiling indicate consent). However, if the bride is mature but widowed or divorced or if anyone other than her father or grandfather seeks permission, then her silence will not suffice, and she should explicitly say, “I consent” or “I permit.”
- After permission is granted, it is recommended that the Nikah sermon be recited aloud. [The sermon of Nikah is recommended, but hearing it in silence is obligatory for those present.] It is also recommended that the guardian of the bride himself reads the sermon of Nikah [As the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) read the sermon at the time of the marriage of Hazrat Fatima az-Zahra (may Allah be pleased with her)]. If he is not available, then the person conducting the Nikah, or another righteous man, may recite it.
- The Nikah sermon should include praises of Allah, salawat (blessings) upon the Prophet, a declaration of the oneness of God and the prophethood, Quranic verses, a reminder to fear God, act upon His commands, and remain steadfast to one’s promises. Nikah is also a contract and will fall under the category of covenants and agreements.
- It is better that the sermon be the one transmitted in authentic narrations. The one narrated in the hadiths.
Marriage Khutbah
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ نَحْمَدُهٗ وَنَسْتَعِينُهٗ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهٗ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ اَنْفُسِنَا وَ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا مَنْ يَّهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهٗ وَ مَنْ يُضْلِلْهُ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهٗ وَاَشْهَدُ أَن ۡلَّآ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهٗ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهٗ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهٗ وَرَسُولُهٗ
In some narrations the following text (which is in the brackets) is also mentioned:
(أَرْسَلَهٗ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَّنَذِيرًا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ . مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهٗ فَقَدْ رَشَدَ وَ مَنْ يَعْصِهِمَا فَإِنَّهٗ لَا يَضُرُّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهٗ وَلَا يَضُرُّ اللهَ شَيْئًا . وَنَسْأَلُ اللهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنَا مِمَّنْ يُطِيعُهٗ وَ يُطِيعُ رَسُولَهٗ، وَيَتَّبِعُ رِضْوَانَهٗ وَيَجْتَنِبُ سَخَطَهٗ، فَإِنَّمَا نَحْنُ بِهٖ وَ لَهٗ) .
يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِّنْ نَّفْسٍ وَّاحِدَةٍ وَّ خَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًاً كَثِيرًا وَّنِسَآءًط وَاتَّقُوُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهٖ وَالْأَرْحَامَ ط إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيباً . يٰٓأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تَقٰتِهٖ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ. يٰٓأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا يُصْلِحۡ لَكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرۡ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ ، وَ مَنْ يُّطِعِ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهٗ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا
With this (Khutbah), the following Hadiths and Salat (Darood Sharif) are also included.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اَلنِّكَاحُ مِنْ سُنَّتِي فَمَنْ رَّغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى وَقَالَ : تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُوْدَ فَإِنِّي أُبَاهِي بِكُمُ الْأُمَمَ. وَقَالَ: اَلدُّنْيَا كُلُّهَا مَتَاعٌ وَّخَيْرُ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَا الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ. اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدِنِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَعَلٰٓى اٰلِهٖ وَ أَصْحَابِهٖ وَأَزْوَاجِهٖ وَ ذُرِّيَّاتِهٖ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهٖ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا كَثِيرًا كَثِيرًا۔
Or this Khutbah should be recited:
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْمَحْمُودِ بِنِعْمَتِهٖ ، اَلْمَعْبُودِ بِقُدْرَتِهٖ ، اَلْمُطَاعِ بِسُلْطَانِهٖ ، اَلْمَرْهُوبِ مِنْ عَذَابِهٖ وَسَطۡوَتِهٖ ، اَلنَّافِذِ أَمْرَهٗ فِي سَمَآئِهٖ وَ أَرْضِهٖ ، اَلَّذِي خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ بِقُدْرَتِهٖ وَ أَمَرَهُمۡ بِأَحْكَامِهٖ ، وَ أَعَزَّهُمْ بِدِينِهٖ ، وَأَكْرَمَهُمْ بِنَبِيِّهٖ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالٰى تَبَارَكَ اسْمُهٗ وَتَعَالَتْ عَظَمَتُهٗ جَعَلَ الْمُصَاهَرَةَ سَبَباً لَاحِقًا وَ اَمْرًا مُفْتَرَضاً أَوْشَحَ بِهٖ الْأَرْحَامَ وَ اَلْزَمَ الْآنَامَ. فَقَالَ عَزَّ مِنْ قَائِلٍ: وَ هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ الْمَآءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهٗ نَسَبًا وَ صِهْرًا ط وَ كَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًا ، فَاَمۡرُ اللَّهِ تَعَالٰى يَجْرِي إِلٰى قَضَآئِهٖ وَ قَضَآؤُهُ يَجْرِى إِلٰى قَدَرِهٖ ، وَلِكُلِّ قَضَآءٍ قَدَرٌ وَ لِكُلِّ قَدَرٍ أَجَلٌ وَ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍ كِتَابٌ يَمْحُو اللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَ يُثْبِتُ وَ عِنْدَهٗ أُمُّ الْكِتٰبِ
This Khutbah is also narrated, which has been mentioned in the noble Hadiths. With this (Khutbah), the following Hadiths and Salat (Darood Sharif) are also included.
وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اَلنِّكَاحُ مِنْ سُنَّتِي فَمَنْ رَّغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى وَقَالَ : تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُودَ فَإِنِّي أَبَاهِي بِكُمُ الْأُمَمَ وَقَالَ :اَلدُّنْيَا كُلُّهَا مَتَاعٌ وَ خَيْرُ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَا الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ. اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدِ نِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَعَلٰى اٰلِهٖ وَ أَصْحَابِهٖ وَأَزْوَاجِهٖ وَ ذُرِّيَّاتِهٖ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهٖ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا كَثِيرًا كَثِيرًا۔
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