Marriage valid without intimacy

In the Name of Allaah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salaamu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullaahi wa-barakaatuh.

Your question is not clear. According to our understanding, you are enquiring regarding how long a marriage will be valid if there is no intimacy.

In principle, the validity of one’s marriage is not based on the consummation of the marriage. A marriage will be constituted and regarded to be valid once the proposal and acceptance in the presence of two witnesses is found, irrespective of whether the couple engaged in intimacy thereafter or not[1]. The newlywed couple should mutually agree when they wish to engage in intimacy.

And Allaah Ta’aala Knows Best.

Muajul I. Chowdhury

Student, Darul Iftaa

Astoria, New York, USA

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.