Intimacy before walimah

Q: Is it compulsory to have sex on wedding night with your wife to make walima halaal the next day?

A: Walimah is halaal always. It is never haraam. It is better that there is intimacy before the walimah.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)