Can a marriage between two muslims (performed in Muslim tradition) be annulled before it is consummated. In other words, can a divorce take place before the couple have sex? What are the legal (Islamic) intricacies that need to take place for this to happen?
Quran, Shariah, Hadith, Sunnah, all welcome.
Re: Question about Sex and Withdrawal
yes, the marriage can be annulled before consummation....
the divorce can be given and only half of the original 'mehr' is to be paid in this case....
this is according to the Quran....
Quran 2:237
*If ye divorce them before ye have touched them and ye have appointed unto them a portion, then (pay the) half of that which ye appointed, unless they (the women) agree to forgo it, or he agreeth to forgo it in whose hand is the marriage tie. To forgo is nearer to piety. And forget not kindness among yourselves. Allah is Seer of what ye do. *
however, if the couple have been left alone in a room, or have even spent a night together, then the normal agreement is that the marriage has been consummated....
and the mehr has to be paid in full....
ofcourse unless the woman wishes to excuse the man from paying the mehr (as mentioned in the verse above)....