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

According to the Shariah, a 
trousseau is not impermissible. It is acceptable for the 
father to give his daughter a ‘parting’ present. Nabi 
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) had also given something to 
his daughter on the occasion of her Nikah.
There is no limit 
placed on the gift which the father may give his daughter. If 
there are no inherent ills, then a father may give his daughter 
whatever he is able to safely afford. 
However this evil creeps up that it becomes an issue of show 
and pomp and the groom’s party deem it their right to receive a 
trousseau. They actually wait in hope for these gifts and if they 
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receive something of paltry value, they censure the poor girl for 
all time. All sectors of the community must make a 
concentrated effort at eradicating this practice. By means of 
mutual advice, lectures, education, etc. this can be achieved. 
It should reach such a stage where this low and demeaning 
practice be looked down upon where people will feel shy to ask 
for it or regard it as their right. In this way such customs will 
find unpopularity amongst the masses and slowly die.
However, there is a need for courage amongst the influential 
ones to facilitate such efforts (at eradicating such customs), 
but alas, this is a scarcity...people have become generally 
lackadaisical in encouraging the rectification of entrenched 
customs, but this does not mean that we should all sit down 
and accept it. A caller to the Haqq never tires and continues 
calling out. There will come a time, Insha-Allaah Ta`ala when 
people will start heeding the call and be pulled towards the 
Haqq and there will be a change in society when people will 
eventually start practicing (on the Haqq).” 
[Extracted from 
‘Jang’]
Explanation 
The above excerpt was from an article written by Mufti Taqi 
Uthmaani Saheb. It is consoling that with the efforts of some 
concerned Ulama and seniors, this custom of ‘trousseau’ is 
slowly finding its way out of our societies, or the very least it is 
no longer as common as it was. 
This custom was copied from the Hindu custom, because it is a 
custom amongst the Hindus that they give a trousseau to the