Tinjauan Hukum Islam terhadap Acara Bridal Shower Pranikah dalam Kaidah Sadd al-Żarā’i’

Abstract

The growing trend of pre-wedding bridal shower celebrations among Muslim communities represents a contemporary cultural practice that has generated important within Islamic legal studies. Although such celebrations are commonly perceived as a form of social bonding and pre-marital documentation, they are often associated with elements that may potentially lead to harm, including gender mixing (ikhtilāṭ), excessive adornment (tabarruj), wastefulness (isrāf), and social media exposure that may open the door to moral corruption (żarī‘ah  ilā al-mafsadah). This article aims to examine the Islamic legal ruling on pre-wedding bridal showers through the principle of sadd al-żarā’i’ and to identify contextual factors that shape their legal assessment in contemporary Muslim society. Employing a qualitative library research method, this study analyzes Qur’anic verses, hadith, classical and contemporary fiqh literature, fatwas, and academic studies on modern cultural practices. The findings indicate that the legal ruling on bridal shower is contextual and conditional. The practice tends to be impermissible when it contains elements that may lead to harm, but it may be deemed permissible when conducted privately, modestly, and without any elements of mafsadah. This study concludes that sadd al-żarā’i’ provides an essential ethical and legal framework for evaluating modern cultural traditions and contributes to the development of contemporary fiqh discourse and Islamic cultural studies.