Is it permissible for a girl to allow her fiancé, with whom she has concluded a marriage contract, to enjoy any part of her before the wedding?
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The questioner:
She asks: Is it permissible for a girl, during the engagement period and while sitting with her fiancé with whom she has concluded a contract, to allow him to enjoy any part of her, as a husband would?
The Shaykh:
If it is a worker.
The presenter:
Very reasonable.
The Shaykh:
If the contract has been completed with all its conditions and pillars, and it is a valid contract, then it permits the husband to enjoy her in every way that Allah the Exalted has made lawful for a husband with his wife. However, if this would lead to misunderstanding between him and her family, because it is customary for the consummation and the wedding celebration, as they say, to take place after the contract. If enjoying her before that would lead to harms or misunderstanding, he should avoid this and be patient until the customary procedures are completed, in order to avert harm. Yes.
The presenter:
So the issue is not the engagement, but the contract, whether it has taken place or not.
The Shaykh:
The issue is the contract; as for the engagement, it does not make anything of her lawful for him.
The presenter:
I seek forgiveness from Allah.
The Shaykh:
And the discussion is about the contract, the offer and acceptance in the presence of the guardian and in the presence of the witnesses. Yes.
She asks: Is it permissible for a girl, during the engagement period and while sitting with her fiancé with whom she has concluded a contract, to allow him to enjoy any part of her, as a husband would?
The Shaykh:
If it is a worker.
The presenter:
Very reasonable.
The Shaykh:
If the contract has been completed with all its conditions and pillars, and it is a valid contract, then it permits the husband to enjoy her in every way that Allah the Exalted has made lawful for a husband with his wife. However, if this would lead to misunderstanding between him and her family, because it is customary for the consummation and the wedding celebration, as they say, to take place after the contract. If enjoying her before that would lead to harms or misunderstanding, he should avoid this and be patient until the customary procedures are completed, in order to avert harm. Yes.
The presenter:
So the issue is not the engagement, but the contract, whether it has taken place or not.
The Shaykh:
The issue is the contract; as for the engagement, it does not make anything of her lawful for him.
The presenter:
I seek forgiveness from Allah.
The Shaykh:
And the discussion is about the contract, the offer and acceptance in the presence of the guardian and in the presence of the witnesses. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5145- هل للفتاة أن تمكن خطيبها الذي عقد عليها من الاستمتاع بشيء منها قبل الزفاف؟ -الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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