Seventh: Before consummation, a wife is entitled to withhold herself until she receives the portion of her dowry that is immediately due, for if she were to consent to intimacy and then try to withdraw until she collected it, she would have no practical means to do so. If the dowry has been deferred, she may not refuse herself, because she agreed to the postponement. Likewise, should she already have presented herself and then decide to abstain until the dowry is paid, she has no such right.