The ruling on delaying consummation after the marriage contract for a period of three years
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. She says: I am a girl who was contracted for marriage three years ago, and the suitor paid multiples of the requirements, but something strange is happening to this man, because whenever the marriage is set for a specific day, he says no, and then it is delayed, and we do not know what the reason is. Is it sorcery? And can those who separate a person from his spouse do this? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Allah knows best about that, but it is obligatory for him to hasten with the marriage and not delay it, as long as he has prepared and paid the mahr, and everything has been completed, and only the consummation remains. It is recommended for him to hasten with the consummation, because this involves great benefits, and the more it is delayed, the more many benefits are missed, and this marriage is exposed to obstacles. He should not persist with laziness or negligence. He must resolve to do it if he has any hesitation or doubts, for they are from Satan. He must cut them off with resolve and reliance upon Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and hastening with the marriage. If he persists in this action and its delay and harms her with illness, then the woman has the right to demand that he either conclude this matter and marry her, or that he relinquishes and leaves this woman for the suitor, so that an opportunity or chance does not pass her by, a chance of marriage in the early part of her life, and in the prime of men’s desire for her. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. She says: I am a girl who was contracted for marriage three years ago, and the suitor paid multiples of the requirements, but something strange is happening to this man, because whenever the marriage is set for a specific day, he says no, and then it is delayed, and we do not know what the reason is. Is it sorcery? And can those who separate a person from his spouse do this? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Allah knows best about that, but it is obligatory for him to hasten with the marriage and not delay it, as long as he has prepared and paid the mahr, and everything has been completed, and only the consummation remains. It is recommended for him to hasten with the consummation, because this involves great benefits, and the more it is delayed, the more many benefits are missed, and this marriage is exposed to obstacles. He should not persist with laziness or negligence. He must resolve to do it if he has any hesitation or doubts, for they are from Satan. He must cut them off with resolve and reliance upon Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and hastening with the marriage. If he persists in this action and its delay and harms her with illness, then the woman has the right to demand that he either conclude this matter and marry her, or that he relinquishes and leaves this woman for the suitor, so that an opportunity or chance does not pass her by, a chance of marriage in the early part of her life, and in the prime of men’s desire for her. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم تأخير الدخول بعد العقد مدة ثلاث سنوات – الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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