What is the ruling on entering with a woman before the marriage contract is completed?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: A young man wanted to marry a woman and proposed to her family at their home. The father accepted in the presence of people who were there, and he gave her some of the mahr (bridal gift), but the imam did not come to complete the contract. This young man thought that the marriage was thereby completed, so he entered with her, and her father knew that. Then he realized that this was a mistake. What is required of him now? May Allah reward you?
Answer:
He is required to keep away from her until he contracts a valid marriage with her, and then he enters with her after the contract. What he did first was a mistake, yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: A young man wanted to marry a woman and proposed to her family at their home. The father accepted in the presence of people who were there, and he gave her some of the mahr (bridal gift), but the imam did not come to complete the contract. This young man thought that the marriage was thereby completed, so he entered with her, and her father knew that. Then he realized that this was a mistake. What is required of him now? May Allah reward you?
Answer:
He is required to keep away from her until he contracts a valid marriage with her, and then he enters with her after the contract. What he did first was a mistake, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الدخول بالمرأة قبل إتمام العقد؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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