The wife’s refusal to meet her husband after the marriage contract but before consummation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says that she is married to a man and the contract has been completed. She says, “We have not yet lived together until the official procedures are completed. Sometimes this husband invites me to meet him, and I have met him, but then I refused.” Her question is: Am I sinful if my husband wants to meet me and I refuse?
Answer:
By Allah, this is a matter to be referred to the court or the office of the mufti. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says that she is married to a man and the contract has been completed. She says, “We have not yet lived together until the official procedures are completed. Sometimes this husband invites me to meet him, and I have met him, but then I refused.” Her question is: Am I sinful if my husband wants to meet me and I refuse?
Answer:
By Allah, this is a matter to be referred to the court or the office of the mufti. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن ذلك اتخاذها عيدًا — islamhouse.com (57:50)
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