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Drinks or no Drinks
| here is my dilemma....im Muslim been on all my life...im not traditional at all...but there r some thing Islamicly that i plan to do...getting married in a masjid, marriage contract, henna party etc....the problem s my FI's mother is Christian and lots family an friends r Christian as well...now most of the people that i plan to invite don't drink or wouldn't mind if there wasn't any alcohol....but my FI is like his ppl will b expecting it and he wants to have an open bar which i've been told is MAJORLY EXPENSIVE! i was thinking of doing some signature alcohol and non-alcoholic drinks and wine and beer 4 his fam and friends to cut down on the cost? i just don't know? help?????? |
Prophet Muhammad(pbuh)said:"Nikah(marriage)is my Sunnah. He/She who shuns my Sunnah is not of me.?
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Re: Drinks or no Drinks
Both my fiance and I are muslim so we are technically having a dry wedding. But many of our generation family and all of our friends do drink. So we chose a venue with the hotel bar just outside our reception space. We will put a credit card down and people can drink from there as they like.
My brother ended up marrying someone who is hindu and had an open bar, no one in the family really seemed to say anything, so i'm guessing that a large of part of it depends on how open your family is. We are not doing the bar in the hotel, more for his extended family than mine.
and do not pay for it if your are uncomfy with the idea.
it is haram to sell/ drink/ be around alcohol.
when i had my kateb ketab ceremony and reception I told everybody that if they wanted to drink their was a bar in the hotel, so they could pay for the drinks themselves but have to drink outside the reception room.
when anybody would try to come in with an alcoholic drink they were sent out.
it worked out pretty good.
Having the same issue, my FI is Muslim is refuses to have a bar. I am Christian and have NO intention of converting...plus I drink an occasional glass of wine. There are battles to fight...so I opted for the hotel reception, not paying for the bar...but the hotel is available.
To cut cost even further...we are having a dessert only reception.
I agree, open bars are expensive, especially when only half of the people will actually drink but you have to pay for all of them. We're running into the same issue so i'm leaning towards venues that allow me to bring in my own caterer and alcohol. We have to have a certified bartendar, but can bring our own bottles. We intend on returning any unopened bottles.