Hazrat Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) married a woman, and sent her one hundred slave girls, each slave girl having one thousand dirhams!

Hasan narrates that once a man secretly married a woman, and he used to visit her house. On one occasion, a neighbor of the woman saw the man coming to her house and accused him (of wrongdoing). They brought this dispute before Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). The accusing neighbor said, "O Commander of the Faithful! This man comes to my neighbor's house, and I have no knowledge of their marriage." Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) inquired about the man's statement, and he said, "I have secretly married this woman." Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked about witnesses, and he replied, "Some relatives of the woman are witnesses to this marriage." Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) did not enforce the prescribed punishment on the accuser, but he said to them, "Make marriages public and keep your private parts chaste."

Hazrat Hisham says that my father used to say that a secret marriage is not good.

Hazrat Nafi' states that there is no secret marriage in Islam.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Utbah says that the worst marriage is the secret marriage.

Hazrat Ata says that once the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم passed by a wedding, and he said, "If there was some entertainment (such as singing, etc.) here, it would have been good."

Hazrat Ibn Sirin states that we have learned that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) would consider it objectionable whenever he heard the sound of singing or music and would inquire about it. If he was told that it was a wedding or a child's circumcision ceremony, he would not say anything.

A Sheikh from Banu Salamah narrates that Hazrat Abu Qatadah said to a girl who was playing the duff at a wedding occasion, "Go ahead and play, go ahead and play."

Hazrat Abu Salamah bin Abdur Rahman narrates that on the wedding night, a drum was played and singing was performed in the presence of Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Auf.

Hazrat Amir bin Sa’d narrates that I went to the service of Hazrat Abu Mas’ud and Hazrat Qarzah bin Ka’b, and there were some girls sitting with them singing songs. I said,“You are companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and you do this?”They replied,“Singing and the like have been permitted on the occasion of marriage.”