Is the husband's visit to his wife at her family's house and their being alone together in a closed room, with no guarantee that others won't enter upon them, considered a legitimate khalwa (private seclusion)? And is merely closing the place considered khalwa?
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Closing the door on the spouses in a way that allows for intercourse constitutes a valid seclusion ( sahahah), by which the Mahr (dowry) is established and the (waiting period) becomes obligatory.
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