The Afghan Taliban government’s Ministry of Hajj and
Endowment recently issued a 10-page document for mosque imams and preachers,
which they have been instructed to convey to the public during Friday sermons. Mosque
clerics across the country have been instructed to raise public awareness
during Friday sermons about pre- and post-wedding rituals considered contrary
to Islamic teachings.
According to the 10-page document issued by the Afghan
Taliban, bridal makeup, artificial hair and the use of perfume by women during
weddings and engagements are not permissible under Islamic law.
The new instructions of the Afghan Taliban government have
declared it religiously impermissible for women to wear perfume when leaving
the house, while the custom of exchanging rings between the bride and groom and
applying henna on each other’s hands during a wedding or engagement has also
been declared un-Islamic.
According to the Afghan news agency ‘Atlas Press’, the
Taliban government has already banned music at weddings and engagement ceremonies,
while reports of actions against such ceremonies have also come to light on
various occasions.
The instructions issued by the Ministry of Religious Affairs
to imams and preachers across the country further clarify this ban, stating
that mixed dancing between men and women is one of the most serious
indecencies, and the public should avoid music and dancing at weddings or
engagement ceremonies.
The document calls the practice of setting off fireworks at
weddings and other occasions of joy dangerous and warns against it, and calls
it a cause of suffering and pain for other Muslims, including neighbors.
The Taliban government has instructed imams and preachers
across the country to explain these instructions in Friday sermons and other
religious gatherings and to urge the public to hold wedding ceremonies in a
simple and non-ostentatious manner in accordance with Islamic teachings.
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