Ruling on giving a gift to the one who performs the nikaah (marriage ceremony)
Question

                We hope that you can give us a fatwa on giving a gift to the one who performs the nikaah (marriage ceremony) on the day of the wedding. Is this permissible or not?
Praise be to Allah.If 
          the one who performs the nikaah is given something from the Bayt al-maal 
          (treasury of the Muslim state), then it is not permissible for him to 
          take anything from those for whom he does the nikaah. But if he does 
          this voluntarily, and he is given something without asking for it, there 
          is nothing wrong with that. If he is given something because he asks 
          for it, I do not like that. Whoever wants to be independent, Allaah 
          will make him independent.