All praise is due only to Allaah. We laud Him and beseech His

(although even just a little milk 
and/or few dates will suffice for a Walimah), then too this 
have no impact on the validity of the Nikah.
The Shariah of Islaam has kept the occasion of Nikah so very 
simple, because this is an event which is a natural part of a 
human being’s life, and a permissible way for fulfilling man’s 
natural desires. If there are impediments and encumbrances in 
having to fulfil a need through the legitimate avenue, such that 

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its attainment becomes out of reach, then man’s heart will turn 
to impermissible and other ways of fulfilment. 
Islaam has made the occasion of Nikah a simple one and the 
customs and rituals of man have made it difficult, and in some 
cases unattainable. 
We have placed countless customs, 
traditions and wasteful expenses on this blessed simple 
occasion.
The poor man, even the average person, will have to 
think very deeply before contemplating Nikah due to the many 
encumbrances and expenses involved in present-day marriages. 
One needs thousands of rands before one can contemplate 
getting married, because of all the rituals and expectations of 
others. Not a cent of all this money is required to fulfil the 
immediate needs or requisites of a Nikah, rather it is needed to 
satiate the bloated egos of man. 
The Shariah only calls for a simple Walimah feast, and that 
too, only in accordance to what the man can 
easily 
afford.
The occasion of Nikah is meant to be a blessed occasion and if 
we bring the Shariah simplicity into it, then we will acquire all 
the blessing attendant to this event, however, due to the many 
un-Islaamic customs and ways, we invite nothing other than 
darkness and evil into our lives and all this totally deprives this 
holy matrimony of all its deserved blessings.