There’s nothing that brings people together for such a sustained period of time like an asian wedding. The sense of duty, the sense of commitment and obligation, the desire and need to deliver the ultimate in performance and display. All those things can be found at an asian wedding — but at what cost? What are the hidden opportunity costs of putting in so much time, effort and money into an event that last just a few days but takes months to plan?

The other side of this argument is what I present in this video on the financial realities of an asian wedding (and most muslim weddings).

Chapters:

00:00 Money in Circulation

02:58 Time and Effort

04:08 Total expenditure

05:43 The Opportunity Cost

06:37 What Islamic Tradition Says

07:25 Building something with purpose

09:29 Directing money to better places

10:08 Feeding the nafs

11:13 Building an ecosystem

12:08 A billion dollar industry

12:52 Barakah and Drama

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