There are a few types of expenditures in Malay wedding. Hence, this research reports on wedding
expenditures practice by Malay in Malaysia. Some of the wedding expenditures practiced by Malay are
bride price and invitation cards. Through extensive observation, it can be said that the society often
confuses between the bride price (hantaran) with marriage settlement (mas kahwin). Besides that,
society also prefers to organize a grandeur wedding to the extent that the wedding becomes a burden on
them. This research also discusses how a small bride price and a decent wedding can fulfill one of the
maqasid al-syariah which is preserving one’s possession. Researchers use library research as the
primary method to obtain information on the origin and value of bride price (hantaran kahwin) in ‘urf
Melayu, and the analysis on wedding expenditures promoted by Islamic religion. Research findings
show that Islamic religion does not forbid cultural wedding expenditures, however, it must be
moderate, considerate, and is not burdening.