Dawat-e-Walima card online: make it, fill it and send it on WhatsApp

A Dawat-e-Walima card online is the Walima invitation sent as a link instead of a printed card. The guest taps it on WhatsApp and gets a full page: Bismillah at the top, the groom's family as hosts, the couple's names, the day and time, the hall with a map button, and a button to reply. This guide shows how to make one step by step, what to write on it, and what it costs. If you first want the meaning and the Sunnah behind the function, read the complete Dawat-e-Walima guide.

Why families now send the Walima card online

• The Walima comes a day after the Baraat. There is rarely time to print, box and deliver a second set of cards in the same week.
• Guests from other cities and abroad get it the same minute, with no courier.
• If the hall or the time changes, every link already sent shows the new detail; nobody keeps an old card.
• Replies come to one panel, so the groom's family knows the headcount before the caterer asks.
• The cost is the same for 50 guests or 500, unlike printing where every extra card costs money. The full comparison is in e-invite vs printed card cost.

How to make a Dawat-e-Walima card online: 6 steps

• Pick a design from the Walima cards page. Noor has room for Bismillah and Urdu text, Elegant Wedding is soft and floral, and Lavish Wedding Theme suits a formal hall dinner.
• Press 'Try free' and type the groom's and bride's names with their fathers' names (s/o, d/o). The card shows them instantly.
• Add the Walima function: day, date, time and the hall. Paste the hall's Google Maps link so guests get a map button.
• Paste the matter. Ready Urdu texts are in Dawat-e-Walima card in Urdu and English ones in Dawat-e-Walima card matter in English.
• Add the family contacts (المنتظر) with tap-to-call numbers, and turn on RSVP.
• Activate the card and send the link on WhatsApp. How to send it so it opens properly is in sending your invitation on WhatsApp.

What to write on an online Walima card

The online card carries the same eight parts as a printed one: the opening, the hosts, the request line, the couple, day and date, the venue, the closing names and the RSVP. The difference is that the venue becomes a map button and the date becomes a calendar button, so you do not need to write directions. A short ready text:

بسم اللہ الرحمٰن الرحیم — دعوتِ ولیمہ — [دولہا] ولد [والد] ہمراہ [دلہن] بنت [والد] — بروز [دن]، بتاریخ [تاریخ]، بوقت [وقت] — بمقام [ہال] — المنتظر: [نام] و اہلِ خانہ

For colours, borders and what looks right in Urdu, see Walima card design in Urdu. For more wording styles (formal, simple, from the groom himself) see Walima card wording and Walima card ki ibarat.

Only Walima, or the whole wedding on one card?

Many families invite some guests only to the Walima: office colleagues, the father's business circle, neighbours. On Dawatnama one card can hold every function, and with private guest links each guest sees only the functions they are invited to. A colleague opens a card that looks like a Walima invitation; close family sees the Mehndi, Baraat and Walima together. How to decide what to list is in how many functions to list. If you want the whole wedding on one page, also read digital shadi card.

The WhatsApp message to send with the card

Keep the message to two lines; the card carries the details: 'Assalam-o-Alaikum! Alhamdulillah, [Groom] ka Nikkah ho gaya hai. Dawat-e-Walima [Day, Date] ko hai, aap ki shirkat hamare liye izzat hogi. Card, waqt aur map: [link]'. More messages, including a reminder for the day before, are in Walima invitation message.

What an online Dawat-e-Walima card costs

On Dawatnama the card is Rs. 1,999 once, with three months to edit it, every function and as many guests as you like on the general link. Private links with each guest's name are an optional pack from Rs. 1,500. You pay by bank transfer, JazzCash or Easypaisa. The full breakdown is in what a digital invitation costs and on the pricing page.

Questions people ask

• Can I make a Dawat-e-Walima card online free? You can make and preview the whole card free with your own names at try Noor; you pay only when you want to send it.
• Can the card be in Urdu? Yes. The text, labels and buttons can be in Urdu, English or both.
• Can I send it as a picture too? Yes, but a link is better: the map, calendar and RSVP only work on the link. See video, PDF or a real page.
• How early should it go out? Two to three weeks before, and a short reminder two days before.
• I already made the Baraat card here. Do I need a new card? No. Add the Walima as another function on the same card.

Ready to start? Open the Walima cards, pick a design, and try it with your own names. Making the main wedding card too? The step-by-step guide is shadi card kaise banaye.