{"id":6807,"date":"2024-07-10T07:44:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/consummation-of-marriage-before-payment-of-mahr\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T21:49:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:49:20","slug":"consummation-of-marriage-before-payment-of-mahr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/consummation-of-marriage-before-payment-of-mahr\/","title":{"rendered":"Consummation Of Marriage Before Payment Of Mahr"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>Can a man have sexual relationship with his wife without paying <em>mahr<\/em>? What is <em>mahr-i-mu\u2019ajjal<\/em> and <em>ghayr muajjal<\/em>? I have recently entered into <em>nik\u0101h\u0323<\/em> with a girl but she has not moved with me: <em>rukhsati<\/em>  has not yet been done. I want to talk to her freely and discuss with  her every matter of life but I am not sure I should do so because I have  not paid her <em>mahr<\/em> completely. About one fourth has been paid as jewellery on the day <em>nik\u0101h\u0323<\/em> was contracted and the rest is payable. Kindly tell me what is <em>mu\u2019ajjal<\/em> and <em>ghayr muajjal mahr<\/em>? And can I talk to her freely? Can I have sexual relationship with her?<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>It is not obligatory to pay the agreed upon amount of <em>mahr<\/em> before consummation of marriage. <em>Mahr<\/em> can be paid at the time of <em>nik\u0101h\u0323.<\/em> The amount paid at the time of <em>nik\u0101h\u0323<\/em> is termed <em>ghayr mu&#8217;ajjal <\/em><em>while the part <\/em>left over to be paid within a determined time period is termed <em>mu&#8217;ajjal<\/em>. <\/p>\n<div><em>Nik\u0101h\u0323<\/em>  renders both of you legally husband and wife. This entails two things.  First, you both have legal right to live together and can establish  marital relationship. Second, you both have some responsibilities  towards each another.<\/div>\n<div>The  responsibilities on the part of the husband include the protection and  complete financial support to the wife. It also includes his being  responsible of the offspring both will have. <\/div>\n<div>The  marital relationship in the present situation cannot be objected to on  the legal grounds. But social norms would not accept this. If the  society comes to know this kind of relationship between you both prior  to the time your wife moves with you and you openly start living as a  husband and wife, they would not welcome it. It will cause a huge fall  in your and your wife\u2019s repute. Please note that it is in fact  recognition by the society which makes your relationship acceptable. And  it is only the society that makes sure that any of the party does not  neglect the duties entailed by the union. If a couple has sexual  relationship prior to <em>rukhsati<\/em> and the woman gets pregnant it would harm her repute. <\/div>\n<div>I  would suggest you should not think of consummating your marriage.  However, there is no restriction on your meeting with her as any two  believing Muslim and Muslimah can. You should try to bring your wife  with you as soon as possible. You both could talk your elders in to  doing that very soon.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-03-25<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6807\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can a man have sexual relationship with his wife without paying <em>mahr<\/em>? What is <em>mahr-i-mu\u2019ajjal<\/em> and <em>ghayr muajjal<\/em>? I have recently entered into <em>nik\u0101h\u0323<\/em> with a girl but she has not moved with me: <em>rukhsati<\/em>  has not yet been done. I want to talk to her freely and discuss with  her every matter of life but I am not sure I should do so because I have  not paid her <em>mahr<\/em> completely. About one fourth has been paid as jewellery on the day <em>nik\u0101h\u0323<\/em> was contracted and the rest is payable. Kindly tell me what is <em>mu\u2019ajjal<\/em> and <em>ghayr muajjal mahr<\/em>? And can I talk to her freely? Can I have sexual relationship with her?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1162],"tags":[2234,2586,2585,1168,1289],"class_list":["post-6807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-issues","tag-mahr","tag-mahr-i-ghayr-muajjal","tag-mahr-i-muajjal","tag-marriage","tag-sexual-relations"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Consummation Of Marriage Before Payment Of Mahr - Al-Mawrid Queries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/consummation-of-marriage-before-payment-of-mahr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Consummation Of Marriage Before Payment Of Mahr - Al-Mawrid Queries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Can a man have sexual relationship with his wife without paying mahr? 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