What is the Sunnah for the couple on the wedding night, and what is the supplication reported in this regard?

The questioner : Noble father, what is the Sunnah? What is the Sunnah for the husband and wife on the wedding night? I ask you to mention the supplication and the practice reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) so that we can guide this tape to the couple. May Allah benefit you.

The Shaykh : Yes, among the things that should be attended to on the night of entering upon the woman is that a man should enter upon her in a state of lowering his wing for her and making her feel at ease, because at that hour she will have awe, fear, and anxiety. He should take her by the forelock and recite the known supplication: He says this aloud, unless he fears that the woman will be startled and say, "What is this? Is there evil in me?" If he fears that, it is sufficient for him to place his hand on her forelock and recite this supplication in secret.
Second: When a man goes to his wife, he says what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged: This is one of the causes of the well-being of children, and it is a simple cause:
Also, among the things that should be understood and known is that if intercourse takes place, even if there is no emission, the full ritual bath (ghusl) becomes obligatory for both parties, contrary to what some people assume, that ghusl is not obligatory except with emission. This assumption is wrong, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): Accordingly, ghusl is obligatory due to one of two things: either emission or intercourse. If emission occurs, whether by kissing, embracing, looking with desire, conversation, or by any other cause, ghusl becomes obligatory. And if intercourse occurs, even if there is no emission, ghusl becomes obligatory. How many people have asked us, saying that they did not take a bath when they had intercourse without ghusl, and months have passed in this state. The reason for this is that the married man does not ask what is required in the state of marriage, nor what is obligatory upon him. Also, many people do not disseminate such information among the youth.
Also, among the things that must be heeded is that some husbands, may Allah guide them, do not pray the Fajr prayer. Either they do not pray it until the sun has risen and they have gotten up from sleep, or they pray it, but at the end of the time and not in congregation. Is this gratitude for the blessing of Allah? Answer.
The students: No.

The Shaykh : No. Gratitude for the blessing of Allah is that you stand in obedience to Him. Some people say, "If I go out to pray Fajr in congregation, they say, 'Complaint is to Allah. This man does not desire his wife. If he did, he would not pray Fajr.'" What is this principle? It is a defective principle. Rather, if he prays Fajr, that is proof of his desire for her and that he is grateful to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for what He has given him of this righteous woman. It is obligatory for the husband to pray the Fajr prayer in congregation, then return and remain until Dhuhr, if there is no impediment. As for leaving the congregational prayer without a valid legal excuse—some people said that some scholars said that one who waits for the woman to be brought to him is excused from leaving the congregational prayer. We said, first: Are the sayings of scholars a proof to be cited, or a proof to be cited for? The second: cited for.
Second: The scholars who said this were only speaking about a matter that was the case in their time, which is that the man is the one who receives the wife, and the wife is not the one who receives the man. It is said to the man, "Sit in your place in your house, and we will bring the woman to you." Of course, he wants to wait, so he is excused from leaving the congregation, because if he went and prayed in congregation, where would his heart be? His heart would be waiting for the wife in the house, so he is excused. And if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: and Ibn 'Umar used to hear the imam reciting while he was eating, and he would not stand for the prayer until he finished, if this is the case, then the one waiting for the bride to be brought to him is more occupied, and the excuse is clear. But in our current era, who brings the bride? Yes, the husband. We have a mother, but in other countries, we do not know. The husband is the one who comes to the woman in her place, and the matter is in his hand, so he is not excused from leaving the congregation. Yes.