Is it permissible for the fiancé to enjoy his fiancée—short of intercourse—after the marriage contract and before the wedding, for fear of falling into temptation, while the wife fears that this might lead to forbidden acts or pregnancy?

If you are merely engaged, you are a stranger to your fiancé. However, if your marriage contract has been concluded, but consummation has not occurred, then you are a wife, and he is permitted to do with you what a husband is permitted to do with his wife. Nevertheless, customs should be observed by refraining from intercourse before the wedding. Your refusal to him, to the extent that you fear intercourse, is permissible, and there is no blame upon you. The husband can hasten the wedding. A woman has the right to refuse her husband before receiving the immediate portion of the dowry.