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

“It is reported 
from Aishah (radhiallahu anha) who says that Nabi 
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said, ‘The most blessed Nikah is 
the one which bears the least expenses.’”
 [Mishkaat Shareef]
Therefore that groom who wishes that his Nikah be blessed and 
that it be a source of goodness, peace and comfort in this world 
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and hereafter and also that it conform to the desire of Allaah 
Ta`ala and His Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam), then he 
should spent minimal on the occasion. 
The Nikahs which were contracted during the era of Nubuwwat 
were done in an extremely simple and informal manner. 
Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan bin Auf (radhiallahu anhu), who was 
one of the wealthiest of Sahaabah (radhiallahu anhum) in 
Madinah Shareef, contracted his Nikah in this extremely simple 
fashion that he did not even deem it necessary to invite or 
inform Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) thereof. Nabi 
(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) had only come to realise that he 
had made Nikah when he (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) saw a 
yellowish mark on his clothes (probably a food or drink stain) 
and asked him regarding it. Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) 
made dua for Barkat in his Nikah and advised him to have a 
Walimah. 
This narration can be found in all the major Hadith Kitaabs. In 
a similar way did Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) discover 
the Nikahs of various Sahaabah (radhiallahu anhum). [Tirmidhi 
Shareef, vol. 3, pages 421/2] 
Two factors are important for contracting an Islaamic 
Nikah: The presence of two witnesses and the 
ijaab
and 
qubool
(proposal and acceptance). These two factors are 
regarded as the 
arkaan
(necessary prerequisites) for the