Like other countries, Pakistan is also a Muslim country and the traditions and rituals of the Muslim weddings are also followed in Pakistan. Modern era has given the opportunity of dating and love marriage; however, arranged marriage is still popular in Pakistan. In a Pakistani arranged marriage, there are lots of funs and joys involved from the both sides of the wedding parties. There are many foreigners who prefer to get married in a Pakistani way for its highly admiring Muslim rituals and customs.

A quite familiar part in Pakistani weddings is Rasm-e-Henna, which is organized mainly for the bride. Generally, this ceremony lasts for about four days before the main ceremony begins. Henna is used in the hands and feet of the going-to-be bride, and for styling the henna, few henna specialists are invited to do this job precisely. Most of the designs include floral patterns. The groom’s family provides the bride with different sweets and gifts on this occasion. The bridal dress is also provided in this day. Traditional singing and dancing is performed in this occasion with happiness.

Since, the wedding is a memorable and important day for both the bride’s and groom’s so, it lasts for several days with different events and programs. Heavy jewelry and a dazzling wedding dress are believed as the perfect way to shine the bride on the wedding day. Typically, the turban is the preferred dress for the groom. The groom’s family gives the bride a certain amount of money, which is also known as Meher. The amount to be given is discussed previously. On the day of Mangni, the bride and groom exchange rings. And, the day of the wedding is fixed here.

The groom along with his family members and relatives comes to the bride’s house in a procession. They are warmly welcomed by the bride’s family. Thus, with musical arrangements and happy wishes, a Pakistani wedding is completed.

Muslim wedding is also recognized as Nikah is commemorated with the agreement signature procedure and is believed as the traditional way for an Indo-Asian wedding ceremony. To complete this event, counselors and guests from both sides are invited through the wedding invitation cards. The main wedding event or Nikah is celebrated in a banqueting hall where all the invited guests along with the parents of bride’s and groom’s are present already. For the completion of the marriage, a legal document also known as Nikahnama is signed by the bride and groom.

The mehendi ceremony is performed prior to the Nikah where the bride puts henna on her hand in a stylish pattern. In this occasion, the guests include only friends and females. Generally, the mehendi ceremony is held at night and dances and songs are performed in this occasion with extreme joy and happiness. Baraat is known as the real ceremony where the moment is celebrated with musical instruments when the groom arrives. The newly married couple gets the opportunity to sit together in this occasion for the prayer. A copy of the holy Quran is kept in a place between the newly wedded couple and they can only see each other through the mirrors.

Rukhsati is recognized as the event where the bride leaves the banquet hall with the groom. This is actually a tearful moment for the bride’s side when she leaves the hall. Then the bride is welcomed at the groom’s house by her mother-in-law and groom’s relatives. The bride enters the groom’s house holding the holy Quran on the head. The valimah is a welcoming ceremony arranged by the groom’s parents to share happiness with the guests along with the bride’s parents.

This is how an Indo-Asian wedding reaches its end and a new life for the newly married couple begins with uttermost joy and happiness.

Like other countries around the world, Muslims celebrates wedding ceremonies with utmost joy and happiness. However, the arrangement and celebration differ from place to place, but the customs and traditions are all the same for Muslim weddings. The ceremony varies with the financial condition of the brides’ and grooms’ respectively. A few days earlier, the bad tradition of taking dowry from the brides’ family was practiced with significance; however, time has changed and this kind of bad practice is now inhibited.

The preparations for the wedding begin with the introduction part of the going-to-be bride and groom. Firstly, the bride meets with groom's family members along with the groom, and then the guardians from both families discuss about further arrangements if the bride and groom agree with each other. And thus, the ceremonial preparation starts with excitement and happiness.

The major parts of a Muslim wedding are the Walima and Nikaah. When both of the families agree with all the terms and conditions, Nikaah takes place after the Mehendi celebration with extreme joy. After the documentary works and marriage registrations, the festival lasts for about one week after the wedding day. From the day of marriage, the bride usually stays in the groom’s house. After certain days, a religious tradition namely Walima is arranged, where the family members and close relatives from both families gather to share their happiness with each other. The traditional custom Walima was first introduced by the great Prophet (PBUH) and from then this religious custom is obeyed with great honor. It is believed that, this ceremony will help the newly married couple to prosper and live happily for the rests of their lives.

Muslim rituals are honored by all the Muslims around the world. So, they always try to celebrate the wedding ceremony by following their own customs and society.

As like other religions, Muslims have their own wedding tradition. It is true about the important rules that are performed during this occasion. Other activities may be different from country to country, even society to society. Whatever they do in this day; this day is regarded as the important part of their religion, and so they take every step of the matrimonial process very seriously.

For wedding purpose, the bride and groom need to be matured enough. They should agree to do such a wedding. Their agreement is judged by asking them during the wedding process. A religious person, known as moulovi, asks them about their agreement. He carries out the whole religious rules. If both of them express positive responses, they are considered to be married to each other.

Besides, there are some other important factors that are needed to continue a Muslim wedding ceremony. The families of bride and groom require to be agreed to such happening. Then the young couple is welcomed. Without this, Muslim tradition does not support the relation. The agreement of families needs some trading. An amount has to be given to bride’s family by groom’s family. This is known as ‘Mohorana’. There may be other things to follow; but they are not same in all places.

Muslim weddings are performed with great joy and enjoyments. People sing, dance, and make fun. They wear colorful dresses. All the relatives of bride and groom join in this event and pray for them. They want to make this day memorable. So, they arrange various occurrences according to their financial ability. However, some societies do not support such expenses because they think that this is unnecessary spending. This especially happens in conservative Muslim societies. Again, in Arabic countries, we can see a lot of arrangements and expenses. They take this as their prestigious issue. There are such differences from country to country in Muslim weddings.

Muslim wedding is regarded as a special and significant day in the life of Muslims. They celebrate this day with great bliss. In this day, two souls are considered to be attached with each other. This is why they judge the day to be celebrated notably. They follow some traditional rituals during this celebration.

After selecting the bride and groom, date and place for the wedding are to be chosen according to the preferences of both families. A cash amount is then sent to bride’s family from the groom’s family. Two days later, ‘Manjha Ceremony’ is to be held. The bride is anointed with turmeric paste given by groom’s family in this ceremony. Anointing with turmeric paste is also done in ‘Mehndi Ceremony’, which is held on the eve of the main ceremony.

In the day of main ceremony, groom’s party arrives at the venue with the groom. They are welcomed heartily. This day is traditionally the fourth day. Both the bride and groom are seated separately. A ‘Maulvi’ (religious person) quotes from the holy ‘Quran’ and asks them about their agreement. If both of them accept the proposal, wedding is completed. Everyone there then enjoys by having amusements. They bless the newly married couple from their hearts.

In some society, the bride visits her home after four days of wedding. This is called the ‘Chauthi’. There is another ongoing ritual, which is known as ‘Valimah’. The groom’s family is invited stunningly in this occasion.

However, there are several variations in celebration styles. This mainly happens upon depending on the places and customs. We know customs change from country to country. Some Muslim countries like to have lavish and elaborated festivals, for example- Arabic countries. In conservative Muslim families, lavish festival is quite unusual as they think this is an unnecessary expense. The type of celebration may vary but basic religious rituals like sending money to bride’s family; quotation from the holy Quran, proposal acceptance, etc. are same in all Muslim countries.