About HMCC

The “Humsafar Marriage Counselling Cell” is a concept of social reform introduced by young dynamic social scientist-cum-Islaamic scholar, Hazrat Maulana Muhtaram Fayyaaz Ahmad Zarroo Sahib (Daamat-Barakatuhum). The concept came in his mind after thorough research on late marriages & its consequent evils. Hazrat Maulana Muhtaram Fayyaaz Ahmad Zarroo Sahib (Daamat-Barakatuhum), started this program on June-2005.

The HMCC is a Socio-Islaamic reformatory organization, which presents comprehensive program to persuade the people to solemnize the marriages of their sons and daughters with austerity and in accordance with the injunctions of the Islaamic Shari’ah.

Researcher Hazrat Maulana Muhtaram Fayyaaz Ahmad Zarroo Sahib (Daamat-Barakatuhum) said, “Extravagant marriages are one of the main causes of fatal social evils like corruption, bribery, prostitution, adultery, drug-addiction, kidnapping, rapes, eve-teasing, pre-marital affairs, sex rackets, illegal marriages, abortions, suicides, hire-killings, murders, robbery, & AIDS, which consequently put adverse effects on the health of victims like impotency, infertility, mis-carriages, depression, delirium, psychosis, nervous breakdown, etc.” “To accumulate huge quantity of wealth just to burn in two or three days for the sake of pomp & show in extravagant marriages also brings financial strains in the society and is disturbing the socio-economical disorder like over-debts, bad debts, poverty, demand-supply imbalances, inflation, financial crunches, adulteration, etc.,” he added. He further said that extravagant marriages are core cause of late marriages and are violation to natural law, which creates extreme unhappiness in post-marital life like divorces, family breakdown, and disobedient children.

The HMCC has received appreciations from all quarters of society which includes professors, doctors, engineers, bureaucrats, technocrats, businesspersons, middle class families etc. They all have practically followed the HMCC mission by performing marriages of their sons & daughters in accordance with the HMCC guidelines. 

From July-2005 to December-2022, the HMCC have performed more than 60,000 marriages in a simple & austere mode, which costs only from Rs 1200/- to the maximum of Rs 5,000/- only plus Mehar (Dower). More than 70,000 candidates are registered with HMCC for performing austere & simple marriage upto 31.12.2022. Not only Kashmir valley, but also the people from other parts of India as well as from abroad have registered their sons & daughters, relatives with the HMCC for solemnizing simple & austere marriages.

The lowest age group who solemnized marriages through the HMCC is of 19 years groom with 21 years bride, and the maximum includes 58 years bride with 65 years groom. Hundreds of second marriages of divorced and widows have also been performed by the HMCC.

Electronic as well as print media has also contributed in this noble mission by giving wide publicity to it and by spreading this message from plains to top, north to south, and all over the globe, which includes Greater Kashmir, Aftab, Srinagar Times, Al-Safa, Kashmir Times, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, The Week, AajTak, CNN-IBN , E-TV, IBN-7, DDK-Srinagar   etc. The special credit for its publicity goes to Mr. Saleem Aijaaz Kapra Sahib, the renowned Producer of Radio Kashmir Srinagar, who has made sincere and effective efforts in promoting the message of the HMCC all over the state by devising, researching, producing & directing the most popular radio broadcast: Aalav whose first episode was broadcast on 04 November Saturday 2006 at 8:30 am on the primary channel of Radio Kashmir Srinagar. And now it is hugely popular radio program: “Humsafar” whose first episode was broadcast on 02 September Friday 2011 at 8:30 am on the primary channel of Radio Kashmir Srinagar. From 02.02.2021 till date Program broadcasts twice in week every Tuesday & every Friday on 8:45 am on the primary channel of All India Radio Srinagar. It is a widely acclaimed radio program by lakhs of its listeners.