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

 
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“O People! Fear your Rabb, Who has created you from one 
soul and created from it a partner. And spread from them many 
men and women. 
Fear Allaah, through Whom you demand your mutual rights. 
Indeed Allaah watches over you.”
[Surah Nisaa, Aayat 1] 
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“O you who believe! Fear Allaah Ta`ala and speak properly, 
Allaah will correct your actions and forgive your sins. And he 
who obeys Allaah and His Rasool, has indeed attained a great 
success.”
Amongst the numerous Aayaat in the Qur`aan Majeed, Nabi 
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) has selected these few Aayaat 
specifically for the occasion of Nikah Khutbah. There must, 
most certainly, be some wisdom in this. If we contemplate 
carefully, then we will see a common point between all these 
Aayaat, and that is Taqwa. All these Aayaat begin with the 
injunction to 
“Adopt Taqwa”
. Only an ignoramus will ask what 
the connection between Taqwa and a Nikah is. 
As for that person who understands well the intricacies and 
complexities of marriage; one who knows what marriage is all 

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witness that there is no deity other than Allaah Ta`ala Alone, 
Who has no partners and we bear witness that Muhammad is 
His slave and Messenger (May Allaah Ta`ala shower His 
Choicest blessings on him, his family and companions).”
[Muslim Shareef, Chapter on Jumuah, Hadith number 1436] 
Nikah is not only the union between the bride and groom alone, 
it is the union of two families, who are now to start a new 
course of life. If the hearts unite, then they will lead a heavenly 
life, but if, may Allaah Ta`ala forbid, they do not unite and ‘see 
eye to eye’, then their lives are destined to be miserable. 
This is the reason why we begin with the praises of Allaah 
Ta'ala and seek His aid and assistance, because many a times 
the calamities and misfortunes that befall us are due to the 
actions of our own hands. This is why we seek Allaah Ta`ala’s 
protection from the evil of our own doings. We also ask for His 
guidance to lead us to the Straight Path and save us from 
deviation. Since this imploring for assistance and praises are 
meaningless without Imaan in Allaah Ta`ala and Risaalat of 
Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam), we testify to Allaah Ta`ala’s 
Tauheed and the Risaalat of Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). 
In the end, we send Durood unto Nabi (sallallahu alayhi 
wasallam), because he was, after all, the means of our attaining 
guidance. 
These were the opening verses of the Khutbah. Thereafter, 
generally, three Aayaat from the Qur`aan Majeed are recited. 
The first being from Surah Aale Imraan, Aayat 102: 
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“O you who believe! Fear Allaah, as He deserves to be feared, 
and do not die except as Muslims.”
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