Consummation of Marriage

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Re: Consummation of Marriage

@PyariCgudia

I know I read it on this forum sometime ago -

isn’t there a rule that by a certain amount of time you need to consummate the marriage after a nikkah - like a certain number of months?

There is no rule, as such. But sooner the better. Un-necessary delay is not allowed.
Means, if it is consensual, then its fine. If either one party is willing and other is not, then he/she is denying the right of spouse. Which is considered a sin as not fullfilling your duty as per marraige contract.

I think there is a fiqh issue as to what will happen if the husband goes missing and how long has the wife to wait before she can remarry. It became news many years ago when the husband of a TV actress in Pakistan (screen name Bindiya) disappeared in Africa or someplace. He showed up 7 years later, and there were some ulemas who said that there is a 5 or 6 year limit after which the nikah is no longer valid. I can’t remember the whole details now, but it is a fairly esoteric discussion.

Just to make it clear, According to both fiqah’s (hanfia /ja’faria) Marraige does not terminate automatically in the above mentioned condition. The proper way (for a woman) is to contact court and get a divorce (after certain procedure) and If there is an Islamic court, it can decide( on the basis of avaiable info or investigation and trying to contact the person) to award Khula.

That khula (Islamic divorce authorised by Sharia court on request of woman) will be considered end of previous marraige contract and woman will be free to marry again after ida’t.