They did the nikaah in the wedding ceremony. So I took notes of what all I could borrow from them and what all I must NEVER do in my own wedding. Turns out, my nikaah WILL happen at the same time as the wedding, BUT ... I will be *right next* to my hubby, you see ... 'cause in this one and many others I've seen, they only ask the guy if HE accepts her as his wife :| the girl's never asked. I mean, sure she herself chose the guy, so of course she accepted him as her husband, but why not let her speak in front of everyone else when the groom got to say it out loud?! It was a disaster, I swear, lol. See, if they had the men and women separated and if they didn't have the groom and bride sitting next to each other after the nikaah, then yeah okay, I'll understand that it was because they're super conservative, but that wasn't the case: The bride entered a few moments after the nikaah. Why not during the nikaah? And all witnesses were males