{"id":35967,"date":"2025-05-06T14:39:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=35967"},"modified":"2025-07-12T19:58:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T19:58:55","slug":"is-consummation-required-before-holding-the-walimah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/is-consummation-required-before-holding-the-walimah\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Consummation Required Before Holding the Walimah?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 08128<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Answered by: Maulana Sibghat Ullah<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Does a couple have to consummate the marriage before the Walimah?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">It is recommended that the walimah be held after the consummation of marriage, following the example of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). He (peace be upon him) held the walimah after consummating his marriage with Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her).1<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">If it is held before consummation, there is no harm in it, but it is preferable to hold it after consummation.2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Written by Maulana Sibghat Ullah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Checked and approved by: Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>References:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u0648\u064a\u0633\u062a\u062d\u0628 \u0623\u0646 \u064a\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0645\u0629 \u0628\u0639\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0621\u061b \u0627\u0642\u062a\u062f\u0627\u0621\u064b \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0628\u064a \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0645 \u0641\u0625\u0646\u0647 \u0623\u0648\u0644\u0645 \u0628\u0639\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0621 \u0628\u0632\u064a\u0646\u0628 \u0631\u0636\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0646\u0647\u0627.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0645\u0629 \u0633\u0646\u0629 \u0645\u0624\u0643\u062f\u0629 \u0639\u0646\u062f \u0627\u0644\u062f\u062e\u0648\u0644 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0632\u0648\u062c\u0629\u060c \u0648\u0625\u0646 \u0623\u064f\u0642\u064a\u0645\u062a \u0642\u0628\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u062e\u0648\u0644 \u0641\u0644\u0627 \u0628\u0623\u0633\u060c \u0644\u0643\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0644\u0649 \u0623\u0646 \u062a\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0628\u0639\u062f \u0627\u0644\u062f\u062e\u0648\u0644.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The walimah is an emphasised Sunnah upon consummation of the marriage. If it is held before consummation, there is no harm, but it is preferable for it to be after consummation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 08128 &nbsp; &nbsp; Answered by: Maulana Sibghat Ullah &nbsp; Question: &nbsp; Does a couple have to consummate the marriage before the Walimah? &nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35967"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38301,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35967\/revisions\/38301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}