consummation of marriage

[muhammad.abdullah]

:salam2:

I hope all of you are fine. I have a very strange question at hand that i want to ask. A man and woman were married, before nikah they decided and agreed that they would consummate the marriage in a few months time so that the husband can find a better job to fend for his wife because his current job is not as well paid. Now, after the nikah, the problem is that the wife says that immediate consummation of the marriage (moving into their own place together on nikah day) was her right and has done him a HUGE favor by allowing him late consummation. Is it really the right of the wife that the marriage be consummated immediately?

Please quote quran and/or ahadith if you know about it.

jazakallah

 

[muthmainnah]

Assalamu'alaikum
I'm sorry I haven't found any source in Qur'an or hadiths concerning the woman's right of consummation of her marriage, but what I found is this:

Is it makrooh to leave a long interval between the marriage contract and consummation of the marriage?

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

We put this question to Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, may Allaah preserve him, who answered as follows:

It is not makrooh, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) concluded the marriage contract with ‘Aa’ishah when she was six years old, and consummated the marriage with her when she was nine. The prospective husband may do that sometimes because he is keen to get married and is afraid that the woman or her family may change their minds, so he hastens to conclude the marriage contract. There is nothing wrong with that from the point of view of sharee’ah, but I think that the marriage contract should be concluded at the same time as the marriage is to be consummated, or shortly before, because that helps to avoid problems that may arise, such as differences that lead to divorce, or death of one of the spouses, etc… And Allaah is the source of strength.


Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen
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PS: oh one thing brother, from my personal view as marriage woman, I support this sister. Because a woman feel more secured if she has the husband all the time by her side