Re: Nikkah without Rukhsati
That’s total BS. Islamically, after the nikkah is done, the marriage gets consummated. No where in Islamic history has the Nikkah been used to substititute as a halaal engagement, except in the minds of misguided Pakistanis.
Nikkah = wedding.
There is no harm in getting to know the spouse prior to the nikkah, in supervised meetings and discussions. You don’t need to bind them in a nikkah to make that “getting to know each other” phase halaal. NO one in the muslim world treats a nikkah as an “Islamic engagement”. Except in Pakistan.