A White Sunday Wedding

I love weddings. I can’t help it. I’m a girl. So when one of my girlfriends unexpectedly announced that she was getting married in July I was very excited. Perhaps a little more than I should’ve been but I didn’t care because I was going to attend the wedding of one of my closest friends for the first time in my life. Sumayyah’s nikah (solemnisation) was a day I eagerly anticipated. On Sunday, I woke up to a freezing morning and drew my bedroom curtains only to see flecks of snow falling down from the sky. 

Within an hour it went from this... 

To this...

And it didn’t get any better with time.

The roads can be treacherous when it snows and I’ve never seen so much of it in Dunedin for a couple of years. As I live up a hill I was quite worried I wouldn’t be able to make it to the mosque for Sumayyah’s nikah. The first few taxi companies I called said they wouldn’t be able to send any taxis up my way but alhamdulillah, I finally found a taxi company that was willing to do so. The ride downhill was kind of a thrill and when we made it to the bottom of the hill the taxi driver breathed a sigh of relief. What would we do without such brave taxi drivers? Thanks to him I arrived the masjid safely and early. My friends and I kept ourselves busy while waiting for everybody to arrive.

My toes were frostbitten in those heels. Beauty is pain, sometimes!

Not long after the bride-to-be finally arrived and she looked absolutely stunning mashaAllah! Soon after, the groom-to-be as well.

The rest, as they say, is history. Thus, it begins... their happily ever after, inshaAllah. 

Love how he's carrying the train of her dress.

Dunedin was breathtaking after being transformed by a blanket of whiteness. It looked and felt like a special and blessed day. At times the whole thing seemed so unreal. "Is Sumayyah really married now?" I thought in a moment of disbelief last night as I browsed through photos of us together taken from over the years. But I can't be happier for our darling Sumayyah. She deserved to have a beautiful wedding day and that’s exactly what she got. I pray that she will have a marriage that Allah swt will shower with lots of happiness and barakah because she deserves nothing less. Ameen.