We cannot stop talking about this wedding ceremony. Like we have already said many times over, it is one Ilorin town would not forget for a longwhile. It would take something extraordinary to top this wedding ceremony, it was like the whole of Ilorin, both the young and the old all came together very happily to pay homage to the much loved Islamic Cleric- Sheikh Sulaiman Farooq Onikijipa, whose first daughter- Maryam was getting wedded to one of the sons of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, in the person of Retired Justice Alfa Belgore.
Before the wedding proper could happen, the duo - Maryam & her then husband to be Abdulsalam had to do what the Muslims call the Wolimat, which is a graduation sort of from the Quranic school, meaning that those who do the wolimat must have finished reciting the Holy Book- The Quran. For the faithfuls, it is a compulsory thing to do. So a day to her wedding fatiha, the gorgeous bride had a very colorful wolimat. The happy bride in the midst of her friends, was led to the venue of the wolimat, where in front of many top clerics who had come to the wedding from far and near, recited portions of the Holy Book with gutso to the admiration of the hundreds gathered at the venue. Afterwards she was acknowledged to have done very well, she later went round to many of the important personalities to recite the Quran to them individually, chief amongst those she had to go to see was the Emir of Ilorin, His Royal Majesty- Alhaji Ibrahim Kolapo Sulu Gambari, who after listening to the bride's recitation, blessed and prayed for her well-being and the success of the wedding. Much of what was done on this particular day, was the recitation, she also went to the house of her father-in-law, who received her very happily and afterwards presented her a very beautiful Quran. Just before going to her father-in-law's house, the gorgeous bride, paid her husband to be a quick visit, also to recite a portion of the Quran.
Here are the pictures of the day's proceedings for your viewing pleasure.
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| THE BEAUTIFUL BRIDE |
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| 3 JOLLY SISTERS- IRADAT, MARYAM & SU'UAD |
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| DOTING DAD & DAUGHTER- MARYAM |
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| BRIDE WITH SISTERS & FRIENDS |
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| FRIENDS & SISTERS |
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| MARYAM & HER IMMEDIATE YOUNGER SISTER- IRADAT |
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| THE GORGEOUS BRIDE |
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| BRIDE'S MOM |
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BRIDES MOM & FRIEND
PLENTY MORE EXCITING PICTURES AFTER THE BREAK, CLICK ON READ MORE |
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| BRIDE'S MOM & MORE FRIENDS |
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| BRIDE & FRIENDS GOING TO HER WOLIMAT |
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| TOP MUSLIM CLERICS & THE BRIDE |
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| HAJIA ONIKIJIPA- BRIDE'S MOM |
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| THE CHIEF IMAN READING THE QURAN. |
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| SHEIKH SULAIMAN FAROOQ ONIKIJIPA |
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| THE BRIDE & THE IMANS |
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| MARYAM & SISTER SU'UAD |
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| MARYAM & HER YOUNGER SIBLINGS |
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| IRADAT, MARYAM & SU'UAD |
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| PARENTS OF THE BRIDE |
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| EMIR OF ILORIN'S PALACE |
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| HRM, EMIR OF ILORIN- ALHAJI IBRAHIM KOLAPO SULU GAMBARI |
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| THE BRIDE ABOUT ENTERING THE PALACE |
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| ALHAJI SULU GAMBARI- THE EMIR OF ILORIN |
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| THE BRIDE RECEIVING THE ROYAL BLESSINGS |
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| AFTER ALL SAID & DONE |
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| THE GLORIOUS CENTRAL MOSQUE AT THE PALACE |
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| ABDULSALAM & MARYAM |
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| MARYAM RECITING THE QURAN |
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| RETIRED JUSTICE ALFA BELGORE- GROOM'S DAD |
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| MARYAM & HER DAD-IN-LAW |
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| .....WITH MUCH LOVE FROM ME TO YOU |
Thanks for doing every1 proud Maryam ;) May ur knowledge continue to increase.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Beaautiful! Love them all
ReplyDeleteThis is Beautiful, everyone looking Gorgeous and of course the bride BEAUTIFUL...God bless the Union.
ReplyDeleteOnly one picture of the groom. Lmao.o ga o
ReplyDeleteI was at the event and it was beautifully dedicated to the bride,this picture was taken in his family house(when the bride went to recite Quran to him and his family members).The groom isn't supposed to be a major part until the Nikkahi ceremony.God bless their union
ReplyDeleteAwwww..The bride was looking ravishing on her walimot, EXCLUSIVE!
ReplyDeletewalahi maestro u scared me to death, when u got to d Emirs part and typed 'after all s done'i almost passed out, I thought Emir was d groom, God bless ur union girl and ur husband s handsome too!
ReplyDeleteNice collection ....but for real, only one picture of the groom and hardly any of his family
ReplyDeleteThe Bride and her younger sister are pretty just like their mum. God bless their home .. I would have love to see more pictures with the groom and his family though, it was too bride bride bride.
ReplyDeleteShe's her Mum's mini me and her Dad is so young looking and handsome. She has beautiful parents. Congrats.
ReplyDeleteDis is 1 muslim weddn I admire so much....God bless ur union
ReplyDeleteWho did her makeup? horrible. They didnt do her eyebrows well, Too dark. Lovely pictures though
ReplyDeleteThat was the first thing i noticed but didn't want to comment. Her eyebrows made her look older for such a pretty lady. Wrongly shaped too. That's one part of our faces these make up artists need to prefect. Getting it wrong can spoil the whole look.
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