What is the ruling on a husband speaking to his wife after the marriage contract but before consummation?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you. A man married a young girl before she reached the age of maturity, and her family stipulated that he not demand consummation until... this thing.
The Shaykh : Do you mean they delayed the consummation?
The questioner : Yes, but he is impatient and sends her messages and sends her some personal photos of this girl. Is it permissible for this person to do this?
The Shaykh : After the contract was completed?
The questioner : Yes, after the contract was completed.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no harm. If a man contracts a woman, she is his wife, and he may speak to her on the phone and send her messages. As for the matter of photos, it depends on the permissibility of image-making: is it permissible or not? I think he should not send a photo, because she has seen his picture before, and he has seen her picture before as well, so there is no need. Unless he is struck by a fire and his face changes, and he sends her the photo saying, "Do not be afraid, the face has not changed." That would be a need. Otherwise, there is no need. It remains to be said: Is it permissible for him to contact her, given that he was stipulated not to consummate until after one or two years? What appears to me is that there is no harm in contacting her, but without intercourse, because she is his wife. If he contacts her and enjoys sitting with her and kissing her, there is no harm. But intercourse is not allowed, because intercourse carries risk and leads to bad suspicion. She might become pregnant from this intercourse and give birth before the specified time for consummation, and the woman would be accused. Even if he shouted at the top of his voice that he was the one who had intercourse with her and that this child was his, people would accept it, for example, ninety percent, and ten percent would not accept it. Do you understand? And with this, this session ends. We ask Allah the Exalted to make it beneficial. And Glory is to You, O Allah, our Lord, and with Your praise. I testify that there is no deity but You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You. May Allah bless you. May Allah benefit us and you.
The questioner : He says:The questioner : Noble Shaykh, is it valid for the mahr to be the wife’s attribute of memorizing the Qur'an?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Is it valid for the mahr to be the husband’s attribute of memorizing the Qur'an, by analogy to the mahr of the mother?
The Shaykh : Is it attributed in the nominative case or the accusative case? In the accusative. Read it in the accusative.
The questioner :
The Shaykh : Do you mean they delayed the consummation?
The questioner : Yes, but he is impatient and sends her messages and sends her some personal photos of this girl. Is it permissible for this person to do this?
The Shaykh : After the contract was completed?
The questioner : Yes, after the contract was completed.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no harm. If a man contracts a woman, she is his wife, and he may speak to her on the phone and send her messages. As for the matter of photos, it depends on the permissibility of image-making: is it permissible or not? I think he should not send a photo, because she has seen his picture before, and he has seen her picture before as well, so there is no need. Unless he is struck by a fire and his face changes, and he sends her the photo saying, "Do not be afraid, the face has not changed." That would be a need. Otherwise, there is no need. It remains to be said: Is it permissible for him to contact her, given that he was stipulated not to consummate until after one or two years? What appears to me is that there is no harm in contacting her, but without intercourse, because she is his wife. If he contacts her and enjoys sitting with her and kissing her, there is no harm. But intercourse is not allowed, because intercourse carries risk and leads to bad suspicion. She might become pregnant from this intercourse and give birth before the specified time for consummation, and the woman would be accused. Even if he shouted at the top of his voice that he was the one who had intercourse with her and that this child was his, people would accept it, for example, ninety percent, and ten percent would not accept it. Do you understand? And with this, this session ends. We ask Allah the Exalted to make it beneficial. And Glory is to You, O Allah, our Lord, and with Your praise. I testify that there is no deity but You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You. May Allah bless you. May Allah benefit us and you.
The questioner : He says:The questioner : Noble Shaykh, is it valid for the mahr to be the wife’s attribute of memorizing the Qur'an?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Is it valid for the mahr to be the husband’s attribute of memorizing the Qur'an, by analogy to the mahr of the mother?
The Shaykh : Is it attributed in the nominative case or the accusative case? In the accusative. Read it in the accusative.
The questioner :