What is the time for the wedding feast? What is its ruling? And what is the ruling for one who holds a feast before the consummation of the marriage?
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The questioner: Regarding the wedding feast, when is it held?
The Shaykh : After the consummation, of course.
The questioner: After the consummation, after the complete consummation, I mean, or just the consummation? What is meant by the consummation?
The Shaykh : Yes, what do you mean by consummation? Entering... What did you mean?
The questioner: The consummation means entering, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no difference between entering and consummation. That is, if a man consummates with his wife, what does that mean? He entered her. But what happened? Who knows? No one knows. So the meaning is entering; he entered her, and the curtains were lowered, and so on. No one knows what occurred between them except Allah. So after this, because you know, and praise be to Allah, you are now a wife, A, you know that a man enters his wife or does not come to her for one reason or another, right?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But despite that, it is said, "So-and-so consummated with so-and-so."
The questioner: Yes... May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I understood your reasoning, so I will answer you.
The questioner: Yes, may Allah reward you with good. Is it obligatory?
The Shaykh : The wedding feast is obligatory.
The questioner: Yes, what is the ruling for one who holds a feast before the consummation?
The Shaykh : The answer has two aspects. The wedding feast is feeding people, and feeding people is among the best deeds. So feeding people is a virtue among virtues. Whenever the invitation is made, it is prescribed, unless he makes the invitation before the consummation on the basis that this is the sunnah. No, that is not prescribed. But as a food invitation, there is no harm.
The questioner: ... What is the ruling on the wedding feast?
The Shaykh : I said that if the invitation is like any other invitation, there is no harm. But if it is like a specific wedding feast invitation, it is contrary to the sunnah.
The questioner: Does she repeat it?
The Shaykh : She repeats it.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : After the consummation, of course.
The questioner: After the consummation, after the complete consummation, I mean, or just the consummation? What is meant by the consummation?
The Shaykh : Yes, what do you mean by consummation? Entering... What did you mean?
The questioner: The consummation means entering, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no difference between entering and consummation. That is, if a man consummates with his wife, what does that mean? He entered her. But what happened? Who knows? No one knows. So the meaning is entering; he entered her, and the curtains were lowered, and so on. No one knows what occurred between them except Allah. So after this, because you know, and praise be to Allah, you are now a wife, A, you know that a man enters his wife or does not come to her for one reason or another, right?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But despite that, it is said, "So-and-so consummated with so-and-so."
The questioner: Yes... May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I understood your reasoning, so I will answer you.
The questioner: Yes, may Allah reward you with good. Is it obligatory?
The Shaykh : The wedding feast is obligatory
Give a feast, even if it is only with a sheep.
أولِمْ ولو بشاةThe questioner: Yes, what is the ruling for one who holds a feast before the consummation?
The Shaykh : The answer has two aspects. The wedding feast is feeding people, and feeding people is among the best deeds
The best of you is the one who feeds people, softens his speech, and prays at night while people are sleeping.
خيركم مَن أطعم الطعام ، وألانَ الكلام ، وصلَّى بالليل والناس نيامThe questioner: ... What is the ruling on the wedding feast?
The Shaykh : I said that if the invitation is like any other invitation, there is no harm. But if it is like a specific wedding feast invitation, it is contrary to the sunnah.
The questioner: Does she repeat it?
The Shaykh : She repeats it.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
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