A faith guided matrimonial platform helping parents find like minded families for their children, in accordance with Islamic values.
ShadiSunnah exists to make something meaningful possible — the beginning of a journey towards a blessed marriage, approached by families with honesty, respect, and faith. The people on this Platform are not usernames or profile numbers. They are real families, with real hopes, doing something that takes courage and vulnerability.
These Community Guidelines are written in that spirit. They are not a list of rules imposed from above. They are a shared understanding of how every family on ShadiSunnah has agreed to treat every other family. They exist so that everyone — regardless of their background, country, or circumstances — can use this Platform with confidence that the people they encounter have agreed to behave with integrity.
These Guidelines supplement our Terms and Conditions and Acceptable Use Policy. Together, they form the complete framework of standards that every user accepts at registration.
Most online platforms are built for speed and volume. ShadiSunnah is built for something different. The matrimonial process — particularly the Islamic, family-led approach to marriage — requires patience, sincerity, and careful consideration. It is not a process that benefits from the casual, transactional norms of most online interaction.
We ask everyone on this Platform to hold that in mind. Every message you send, every connection request you make, every decision you take represents your family. More importantly, every profile you view represents someone's son or daughter, someone's hopes for the future, and someone's family's trust.
The most fundamental thing we ask of every family on ShadiSunnah is honesty. This platform works only if every family can trust that what they are reading on a profile is true.
Be truthful about your family member. Their age, their education, their profession, their character, their past. It is natural to want to present your family in the best possible light — but there is a difference between presenting someone honestly and positively, and misrepresenting who they are. The latter does not lead anywhere good. A marriage built on a false impression is not a foundation — it is a liability.
Be truthful about your intentions. If you send a connection request, do so because you have genuinely reviewed the profile and believe there may be a suitable match. Do not send requests speculatively or in large numbers hoping something will stick. Every family that receives a request from you is spending time and energy considering it. That deserves to be taken seriously.
Be honest in your communications. If, after connecting with a family, you decide they are not the right match, say so clearly and kindly. Do not leave families waiting indefinitely. A respectful, direct message saying the match is not right is far kinder than silence.
ShadiSunnah serves families from the United Kingdom, Pakistan, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and beyond. Our users represent a wide range of ethnicities, regional backgrounds, languages, sects, and traditions within the broader Muslim community.
We ask every family to approach this diversity with open-mindedness and respect. Preferences are a natural part of the matrimonial process — you are entitled to have them. But there is a significant difference between having a preference and expressing prejudice or contempt for those outside that preference.
Making disparaging comments about someone's ethnicity, regional background, language, caste, or sectarian tradition — whether on your profile, in messages, or anywhere else — is not acceptable on this Platform.
The matrimonial process touches on some of the most personal aspects of a person's life — their religious practice, their family circumstances, their hopes for their future. The information families share on their profiles is shared in trust and for a specific purpose.
Treat that information with the sensitivity it deserves. Do not gossip about profiles you have viewed. Do not share details of other families' situations with people who have no involvement in the process. Do not use information shared during the matrimonial process for any other purpose.
Not every connection leads to a match. In fact, most do not — and that is completely normal and expected. When a family declines a connection request, or when both families reach the conclusion that the match is not right, this should be accepted graciously.
We understand that rejection, even in this context, can be disappointing. But the way a family handles a rejection says a great deal about their character. On ShadiSunnah, the expected standard is simple — acknowledge the decision respectfully and move on.
Before sending a connection request, please take the time to genuinely review the profile. Consider whether the fundamental criteria — religious values, lifestyle expectations, family situation — are compatible. A connection request should represent genuine interest, not a speculative enquiry.
Once a connection is accepted, both families have expressed mutual interest in exploring whether there is a suitable match. At this point, the conversation can begin. We suggest starting with an exchange that covers the key considerations for both families — religious practice and expectations, family background, the nature and timeline of what both families are looking for.
Keep communications through the Platform's system initially. There is no need to rush to exchange personal phone numbers. Taking the time to communicate through ShadiSunnah allows both families to maintain appropriate boundaries while they assess compatibility.
There is no ShadiSunnah rule about when families should move from the Platform to direct communication by phone or in person. That is entirely your decision as families. What we do ask is that any request to move communication off the Platform comes after sufficient trust has been established, and that both families are genuinely comfortable with the transition.
ShadiSunnah is a platform guided by Islamic values. Every interaction on the Platform should reflect the modesty, seriousness, and propriety that the matrimonial process deserves.
One of the most important things any community can do is look out for its most vulnerable members. On ShadiSunnah, that means being alert to the possibility of fraud and reporting it when you see it.
If you come across a profile that seems suspicious — photographs that look like they have been taken from elsewhere, information that seems inconsistent, behaviour from a connected family that feels wrong — please report it immediately. Your report could protect another family from serious harm.
Reporting a profile does not accuse that family of wrongdoing with any certainty. It asks us to look more closely. We take every report seriously and investigate carefully before taking any action.
In return for the standards we ask of you, ShadiSunnah commits to the following:
We are building something that we hope will make a genuine difference in the lives of Muslim families — not just in the UK, Pakistan, and the Gulf, but wherever Muslim families search for matches in a way that honours their faith and their values.
That is only possible if every family on the Platform upholds these standards. We are grateful that you are part of this community.
A faith guided matrimonial platform helping parents find like minded families for their children, in accordance with Islamic values.