The many issues and files on the Shura Council’s agenda did not prevent discussing aspects associated with weddings, especially manifestations of exaggerated extravagance and extravagance, which met with great societal rejection after it declined significantly during the Corona pandemic period. During its regular weekly session, members of the Shura Council called for a reduction in extravagant and extravagant aspects of marriage, which later cast a shadow on the spouses who have incurred debts and exorbitant costs since the start of their married life. Council members stressed the importance of stability and being guided by the culture of parents and grandparents in facilitating marriage matters, with the need to prevent any modifications to marriage halls, with the aim of reducing expenses in addition to maintaining security and safety requirements, noting the importance of determining the times for holding wedding ceremonies, and not exceeding the specified time.
Wedding halls The biggest cost is often in the wedding ceremony, which is distinguished in Qatar and the Gulf region because it is not one day, but rather several celebrations. There is a party held by the groom, and a separate party held by the bride, in addition to that one day party "henna", which is the day before the wedding, and finally the wedding itself, which costs families huge sums that the young man may not be able to afford. The costs of wedding halls are considered the biggest challenge for a young Qatari man who is about to get married, due to the high costs. In this context, journalist and writer Aisha Obaidan says that the high ceiling of financial expenditures to the point of extravagance and extravagance in weddings has been spent in Qatari society and perhaps most Arab societies in recent years with the financial boom, until the race to choose the best and most expensive in terms of the requirements for holding parties is what occupies the mind. To show off and highlight the social and material status. Obaidan indicated, in a statement to Al-Jazeera Net, that the search for the most expensive companies specialized in preparing celebrations has become a lot, so that this trend has become a path followed by even middle-income people for social considerations, imitation and keeping up with others, even at the expense of borrowing from banks and relying on loans, of which a lot falls. In her fire after marriage.
Wedding at the time of Corona, the restrictions imposed by the pandemic on social gatherings, in addition to the imposition of restrictions on travel and movement, forced individuals who are about to get married to make their decision, either to postpone the celebration until the world recovers from this epidemic, or to change their plans and dispense with some of the usual wedding rituals and manifestations in accordance with stage conditions. During the Corona pandemic and the restrictions it imposed on gatherings and celebrations, families witnessed simple wedding parties devoid of expensive and exaggerated appearances, which means that these appearances can be dispensed with.
community awareness
Rashid Al-Buainain said that exaggeration in marriage has become a common matter that requires social awareness by individuals and families, pointing out that the state has established halls equipped to hold wedding ceremonies at nominal prices, but the matter remains personal and related to some family customs and traditions. Al-Buainain added, in previous statements to Al-Sharq, that the increase in costs and burdens leads to the reluctance of young people to marry and the increase in the average age of young men and women who are about to get married to over thirty years, and thus an increase in the percentage of spinsterhood in societies.
Earlier, the Doha International Family Institute called for making premarital rehabilitation programs compulsory, and for including the foundations for successful and sustainable marriage in school and university curricula in order to strengthen relations between spouses and enable them to enjoy a stable life and avoid early divorce.
