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

paper, then it will also be acceptable.
If the prospective bride was previously married and this is 
her second (or third, etc.) Nikah then it is imperative that 
she gives a verbal reply.
Any other means of reply as 
mentioned earlier will not be acceptable from her. 
This representative of the bride, who acquires her consent as 
mentioned above, now has the right to contract her Nikah. 
The 
person who is contracting the Nikah will take the 
ijaab
 from 
him and get the 
qubool
from the groom.
In this way the 
Nikah will be solemnised. 
The marriage invitation and procession 
Mufti Taqi Uthmaani Saheb had written in the 
Jang
discussing 
this subject: 
I had written last week on the subject of trousseau, and 
someone from East Bristol (UK) wrote to me asking, 
“I would 
like to bring to your attention an important mas`alah whose 
origin the historians can tell you, but its evil is prevalent and 
amongst all of us. It is the custom of ‘Jaheez’ (trousseau) 
which the inhabitants of India and Pakistan practice in full force 

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Salaat by participants, wastage of money, vying with one 
another, etc. etc. All such accretions wash away any reward 
which may be accrued.
There is another misconception regarding the Walimah which 
many labour under. One person wrote asking if whether a 
Walimah was valid if the couple had not consummated the 
marriage. 
The reality of the matter is that a Walimah can be held at any 
time from after the Nikah until 
rukhsati
. Nevertheless, the 
Mustahab (preferred) way is that it be held after the 
rukhsati
(when the bride leaves her parents home for that of her 
husband’s). Besides there being the 
rukhsati
there is no other 
condition.