Is It Necessary to Have Sex on Wedding Night?

Question: 127586

I want to know if it is compulsory to have intercourse on the first night of marriage.

Summary of answer

It is not obligatory for the man to have intercourse with his wife on the wedding night. They may delay that until the time that they choose.

Answer

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

It is not obligatory for the man to have intercourse with his wife on the wedding night. They may delay that until the time that they choose. But intercourse — in general — is obligatory. It is the right of both spouses. The wife must allow the husband to do that when he wants, so long as it is not harmful to her. The husband must have intercourse with his wife as much as suffices her , so long as it does not weaken him physically or distract him from earning a living.

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And Allah knows best.

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