Doing a second
    wedding party for his parents’ benefit
Question

                I wish to marry a Muslim man, (I am a
      Muslim woman). We want to have a nikaah. My parents would know but his parents would not.
      When we have a reception next year, can we have another more public nikaah ceremony
      again--this time his parents would know about it. So is it possible to have 2 nikaah
      ceremonies or is this not allowed?
Praise be to Allah.In principle, the wedding party and waleemah should be
    done at the time when the groom enters upon his bride, because one of the aims of the
    waleemah is to publicize the marriage, as it is something legitimate that should be made
    known, as opposed to fornication which is done in secret and is hidden – even though
    nowadays some people have no shame and commit haraam deeds openly, seeing no difference
    between halaal and haraam (we ask Allaah to keep us safe from that). “They are
    like cattle, nay, even more astray” [al-A’raaf 7:179 – interpretation of
    the meaning]. There is nothing wrong with having a second wedding party, even after
    some time has passed, if there is a reason for doing so. Perhaps the person who is asking
    this question wants to please his parents and not make them angry. He could just inform
    his parents, without having a wedding party, or he could invite them for a meal without
    having a party as such. And Allaah is the Source of strength.