{"fatawa":{"id":9232,"title":"Do the bride and groom have to be present at the wedding party (waleemah)?","slug":"do-the-bride-and-groom-have-to-be-present-at-the-wedding-party-waleemah","order":"","question":"<p>Should the bride and the groom both be present at the blessing of their marriage?<\/p>","answer":"<div class=\"list-group-item-text ftwa-single-answer font-nrmal\"><span class=\"line_height\">\r\n<p>Praise be to Allaah.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>If what is meant by &ldquo;blessing&rdquo; is the contract itself (&lsquo;aqd),  then the groom and the guardian (wali) of the bride must both be  present, because the &lsquo;aqd can only be done with the proposal of the  guardian and the acceptance of the groom. But if what is meant by the  &ldquo;blessing&rdquo; is the wedding party and waleemah which is held on the  occasion of the wedding, then it does not matter if the couple do not  attend. &nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/span><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"padding: 3px; padding-right: 6px; text-align: right;\">Shaykh &lsquo;Abd al-Kareem al-Khudayr<\/div>","status":1,"created_at":"2015-02-02T21:51:58.000000Z","updated_at":"2015-02-02T21:51:58.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":36,"parent_id":9231,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u0639\u0642\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0643\u0627\u062d","category_slug":"","get_date":"2015-02-02"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/9232"}