Numerous Celebrations and Sleeplessness Result in Undesirable Events

Question :

Excess in wedding parties and dowries, and numerous celebrations, and staying awake for women until just before Fajr, whether in banquet halls or in hotels and all that goes with it, such as listening to singing and other things - j is your advice to the people in general, and to women in particular, in order to avoid these harmful matters? And is it permissible to fix the dowries (within certain limits) and the wedding celebrations, and to make them easier?

Answer:

Excess in wedding parties and dowries through numerous celebrations and staying awake are all things the results. are unwelcome. This is because the most blessed marriage is the least expensive one and the more the expense is decreased with regard to the wedding, the more its blessings and the easier it is for the groom to treat his bride well, as is incumbent upon him. As for what occurs in some societies on the wedding night, such as listening to music and offensive words and mixing of the sexes, it is not permissible.

On occasions such as these, it is incumbent upon people to hold their gatherings in agreement and conformity with the Islamic Law, so that they might not be among those who substitute Allah's Blessing with ingratitude. What is incumbent upon my Muslim brothers, is for the eminent and influential people to get together and to make the people follow a good way in this matter, making the payment of dowries easy, and avoiding extravagance in wedding celebrations, and staying up until the middle of the night or later and other such things for which it

is hoped they might receive a good reward, if they show a righteous example.

Source:
Ibn 'Uthaimin
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 5 Pages 320-321