Consequently there is no uniformity of ritual. The most common order of performing the service is that the Qazi, the bridegroom and the bride's attorney, with the witnesses assemble in some convenient place. Arrangements are made as to the amount of dower or mehr. At the threshold, he gives money and gifts to the sister of the bride. The groom receives the blessings of the elder women and offers them his salaam or salutations.
Dinner is served separately to the ladies and the gentlemen.
For the first time, after dinner both the couple are seated together and a dupatta is used to cover their heads while the maulvi encourages them to read some prayers.