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Fatwa CenterAttending a videotaped mixed wedding
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Assalamualaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh Can we attained or eat in the marriage Ceremony in which video taping(Camera) is going? Remember that Alhumdulillah i dont come in video or in camera in any function but i want to know what is the ruling on attaining this types of marriages, My another question is In our all types of functions mens(cousins or boys) will come in Ladies section? For this reason i left making myself beauty by make up when i got the ruling of cousins in Islam but the problem is my family is not so Islamic & they dont prevent me from talking with Cousins but i try always my best to not talk with them but still they come to me & make jokes or ask something or start talking to me, what i have to on this time please advice me.... & i got another question that is few days before i attained the Chilla or chatti(Function which celebrate in india after forty days of born child) & i dont know exactly what it is but i know that this is not in Islam & before this i explained to my family that this is not in islam & we dont have to attain this but they refused & told me that "you want follow you follow & keep it with U" & i m younger in family, anyhow i have to go in this type of functions with family coz i cant be alone at home, i will be helpless on that time to go with them. Please advice me for this also & tell me that i did sin by attainding that function? & i m finding very difficulties by avoiding islam says to avoid & following whatever Islam says to follow coz my family is not aware of Islamic Shariya...& Sometime i will be helpless to eat or drink which will be from innovated functions....Please help me & advice me
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
What we can understand from your question is that this videoing is both for men and women, if this is the case, then this is evil.
As regards attending such a wedding and eating from its banquet, it is permissible if the person is far from the place where the evil takes place in a way that he can neither see it nor hear it.
With regard to your cousins and others, they are non-Mahram to you, so it is not permissible for you to deal with them unless the religious requirements are met. For instance, you are not permitted to speak to them without a need or to speak to them in a soft and attractive manner and so forth.
Concerning attending forbidden festivals, this is forbidden. However, if you did so when you were young before the age of puberty, then you are not sinful as this happened before you held accountable for your deeds. Nonetheless, when you became pubescent, you are not permitted to attend unless you intend to change the evil and call people to stop the innovation and stick to the Sunnah.
If one is obliged to attend, he is obliged to avoid the place where the festival takes place, but it is permissible to eat from the banquet, Allaah willing.
For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 82088.
Allaah Knows best.
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