Do Women Have To Wear New Clothes After Marriage?

Question:

Women are encouraged to wear new clothes after marriage and to have a new wardrobe for after marriage. Is that a cultural practice, or is there something similar advised in Islam?

Answer:

Wa ‘alaykum assalam wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh.

I pray you are well.

I do not know of any basis behind this. It seems like a cultural practice. There is not a religious ruling behind this.

Perhaps it is a means to encourage the newly-weds to make an effort for each other in order to promote a good, healthy marriage. Spouses are the people you have the most intimate relationship with, and therefore, they are deserving of good treatment.

Every good action is rewarded. Even “a good comment” is charity. [Bukhari]

May Allah grant you the best of both worlds.

Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat began his studies in Arabic Grammar and Morphology in 2005. After graduating with a degree in English and History he moved to Damascus in 2007 where, for 18 months, he studied with many erudite scholars. In late 2008 he moved to Amman, Jordan, where he continued his studies for the next six years in Sacred Law (fiqh), legal theory (Usul al-fiqh), theology, hadith methodology, hadith commentary, and Logic. He was also given licenses of mastery in the science of Quranic recital and he was able to study an extensive curriculum of Quranic sciences, tafsir, Arabic grammar, and Arabic eloquence.