Temporary Marraiges: What do you think ????

[AbdiWahab252]

My Arab friend was telling me of these temporary marriages that you could enter and avoid the whole trappings of a permanent one & avoid zina at the same time.

Is this legit ? Ever tried it ? Opinions ? Is it an answer to boy/girlfriend relationships ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikah_Misyar

Nikah Misyar or "travellers' marriage" (Arabic: نكاح المسيار‎) is the Sunni Muslim Nikah (marriage) contract carried out via the normal contractual procedure, with a negotiated understanding between the couple that the husband is not obliged to fulfill his usual financial commitments, and the wife lives a separate or independent life also free from her marital commitments. The couple continue to live separately from each other, as before their contract, and see each other to fulfill their needs in a halaal manner when they please.

Essentially the wife gives up some of her rights, such as; living with the husband, equal division of nights between wives in cases of polygamy, rights to housing, and maintenance money ("nafaqa"), while the husband also gives up his normal marital rights[1]

[The-Screw]

i think this is a bad idea, i mean who thought of this crap?

marriage is very serious, don't play around with it just b/c of some horny fat arabs.

[Grant]

http://home.swipnet.se/islam/articles/Temp.Marriage.htm

Temporary Marriages

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By

Sayyid Mujtaba Busavi Lari


Islam is a realistic and practical religion. Divinely inspired, it fits human nature like a glove. It does not exalt, as ideals, ways of life which are contrary to nature. It therefore rejected the doctrine (which the Christian Church had promulgated during its first six centuries) that celibacy was a desirable or meritorious way of life, estimable as a work of supererogation (i.e. adding to the store of merit which could be shared amongst the saints and even turned to the salvation of sinners for whom they prayed) while marriage, though not an unlawful state, falls in a moral category called "makruh" which lies halfway' between the "mubah" or "indifferent" and the "haram" or totally forbidden.

Popes and Catholics tend to follow this doctrine to this day, as also do the higher ranks of the Orthodox hierarchy. It was one of the Catholic doctrines against which Luther and his Protestants revolted, and it is forming a great source of controversy within the Church of Rome at this very date at which we write. After long discussions at a Vatican Congress, it was decided that "marriage is still less meritorious than celibacy. and no alteration in the Church's doctrine can be allowed on this point."

The sexual instinct has the deepest roots in human nature. Unless it is properly catered for and regulated, it avenges itself. It responds to suppression by psychological explosions that can be volcanic in their effect if they take place simultaneously in large numbers of people. It might well be held that the disastrous breakdown of the family institution in the West is precisely such an explosive reaction against Christian attempts to suppress the sex instinct instead of sanctifying and subliminating it in its natural channels. Christians must ask themselves whether they have not committed the very sin of which their Lord and Master accused the Pharisees of His day that of "binding on men's backs burdens too heavy to be borne." Like caged beasts escaping from captivity; the people of the West dash forth from the bondage in which Christianity had tried to hold them, and in an equal and opposite reaction go much too far in the other direction.

Islam makes a proper marriage, when a man and woman reach adult hood, a merit and a virtue. Thus it turns the God-implanted instinct to its correct operation in the strengthening of society. It bans bestial abuse of the instinct, but exalts its truly human use in accordance with the way in which God has made mankind. A man was made to love a wife and children. This is acknowledged in every race in every clime.

It is written in Sura 3: Al-i-Imran -"Imran's Family" (verse 14, in part): "Fair in the eyes of men is the love of objects which are the desire of their instinct, women and sons. . . .."

Islam during the 14 centuries of its existence has done its utmost to end the scandal of prostitution which takes such a heavy toll in family and social life, and degrades both the women who are compelled to practise it and the men whose incontinence exploits them. The law of "the temporary marriage" (ezdevaj-i-muwaqat or muta'a) by the formula (or seeghe) laid down in it, was instituted to establish conditions under which a man who was compelled by the necessities of his business or for other causes to be away from home for long periods, or who desired to give temporary assistance to a woman whose life had fallen into difficulties, could undertake a union for a specified period under strictly controlled conditions.

Remember that this beneficent piece of legislation was produced through the Prophet of Islam in the environment of those "days of ignorance" when men walked in darkness; and when illicit relationships were as common as other types of immorality in those generations of unregenerate and unenlightened persons. Most places had official "red-light districts" and houses of ill-fame as a matter of course. To raise the thinking and living of men, and to put an end to illicit sex, the Prophet of Islam brought in this law of "temporary marriage", to canalise the sex instinct in sound channels.

The chapters on "Temporary Marriage" in the book "Vassa'el" report that the Prophet posted an edict in the streets and bazaars which read: "O people! God's Apostle has made temporary marriage permissible for you, for the quenching of the fires of the sex instinct, and for turning it to sound uses, that ye may not be the slaves of sexual licence, fornication or illicit relationships." By this law the man and woman enter upon a marriage, not of permanence, but of a limited time, and live as man and wife until the expiry of the stated period. The only difference in this type of marriage is that it does not carry with it the same rights of inheritance, nor does the man have to continue to provide the woman's food, clothing and shelter after the termination of their relationship. But to preserve proper order all the other rules that govern permanent marriage must also be observed in the temporary marriage.

A woman who enters such a contract is counted as the man's real wife and can claim all the rights which are legally specified as such. As it is written in Sura IV. Nisa'a-"The Women" (verse 24): "To women whom you choose in temporary and conditional (muwaqat and muta'a) marriage, give their dowry, as a duty."

The only difference between permanent marriage and temporary marriage, so far as its social status is concerned, is its duration. If the contract specifies a definite and limited period, that is a temporary marriage. But the wife is as much a wife as if the contract had specified "a permanent and unlimited period." The children of the temporary marriage are recognised on precisely the same footing as those of a permanent marriage, and enjoy all the legal and canonical and customary rights of children whose paternity is recognised.

One reason for prostitution is that some men find it not within their reach to enter upon a permanent marriage, either because their personality or their finances prevent them undertaking the heavy lifelong responsibility. or because their stay in any one place can only be short. Merchants, soldiers, students and even tourists find themselves in these conditions. It is the realistic recognition of these facts, and Islam's consistent "yes!". to life, which have produced the institution of "temporary marriage".

What better solution could there be? Properly practised. this institution is a powerful antidote and preventative of ills like prostitution and other social ailments. It blocks the way to women's selling themselves, raises the general tone of public morality, and gives needed assistance to women who, through no fault of their own, either by the death of their husband or some other disaster, have fallen on bad times. We say "properly practised", because there are licentious and ignorant persons who abuse this law, including opponents of Islam who make misuse of it a basis for false propaganda and misrepresentation.

Temporary marriage preserves the aspect of purity and saves people from sin. That something right can be misused by wicked persons exposes those persons' wickedness. but does not invalidate the right institution. The answer is to change them by replacing their wickedness with piety of spirit and absolute moral standards. The Prophet of Islam was "sent to bring about the excellences of virtue", and it is to this end that all Islam's efforts are directed.

There exists no law anywhere in the world which is not twisted by the wicked to their own ends and against its original purpose. This is true of laws which are of the greatest benefit to society. The law of "temporary marriage" is one such. It should be backed with the full authority of the state. Those who misuse it should be punished. Those who use it right should be supported and aided in their righteous living.

In the "Temporary Marriage" chapters of the book "Vassa'el" it is reported that the Fifth Imam said, quoting the Imam Ali: "If the 2nd Caliph had not prohibited temporary marriages, no Muslim, save perchance a few utterly degraded lewd fellows of the baser sort, would have ever committed fornication." Close attention to the words of Omar (the 2nd Caliph) as reported by the learned Islamic leaders and Ulema, and reflected in both the Sunni and the Shia Feqh, leaves no doubt that in the time of the Prophet himself "temporary marriage" was both permitted and frequent : but Omar, for reasons which are not clear, towards the close of his Caliphate prohibited it in the notorious phrase: "There were two dispensations which were both legal and frequently practised during the time of the Prophet of God (on Whom be blessing), both of which I cancel, annul, prohibit and will punish: and they are (1) the dispensation permitting enjoyments prohibited to wearers of Ehram (Hajji's white garments) during the interval between 'umra' ('little pilgrimage') and the full Hajj: (2) the dispensation allowing 'temporary marriage' in particular circumstances."

Sunni Feqh gives more information. But it is clear enough that in this proclamation Omar was acting merely on a personal viewpoint, which was far from carrying with it the assent of other companions of the Prophet, who both held ,hat temporary marriage is a true Islamic institution, and also practised it themselves in many instances.

Division is the hallmark of our age. Our magazines, newspapers, films and television are filled with meretricious pictures: our radio with salacious stuff: our hoardings with posters of erotic enticement, while our women dress seductively and go around half-naked. The whole ambience entices youth off the path of virtue. Those who wish to be chaste are in grave danger all the time. People of poor background, and little knowledge of Islamic law, criticise the law of "temporary marriage" in foolish and illogical ignorance and prejudice; and this lays a further obstacle before the feet of our young people.

What then should we do? We can hardly expect even the best to master a total control of themselves and stem this powerful flood so stimulating to sexual instincts, which, in the critical age of youth, are so close to the surface and so impatient of outward control. Even if we imagined that the ideal is the real, and that every one of our youth is endowed with what amounts to a supernatural self-control, will this not of itself annul the purpose of the creation of this instinct within humankind. prevent the continuance of the race, prevent the use of that vital sperm, prevent the spirit and teachings of Islam being truly practised, in accordance with the law proclaimed in Sura XXII: Hajj-"Pilgrimage", (verse 78): "Strive in God's cause as ye should; for He has chosen you, and has in His religion not laid a difficult or insupportable task upon you"?

Should we now return to the low morals of our pre-Islamic past, and to that dirty habit of prostitution, with all the social ills and personal misfortunes with which it has filled the Western world? Shall we leave humanity to fall into that confusion of passions which is the law Of the jungle and the behaviour of brute beasts?

It is written in Sura II: Baqara - "The Heifer" (verse 61): "Remember O Israelis, that ye said: 'O Moses! We cannot keep on with only one kind of food; so pray thy Lord to give us vegetables!' And he replied: "Will ye exchange the better for the worse? Go down to Egypt and there find what you want!. They were covered with humiliation and misery, for they had drawn upon themselves the wrath of God.-. We should merit Moses. rebuke if we, who have been shown that is good, preferred to return to fleshpots of our own past and the West's present. Shall we barter a heritage of glory for a mess of pottage?

It is to prevent precisely this disaster that the law of "temporary marriage'' was introduced. What better way could there be to rescue millions of women, who are divorced or unmarried or widowed, from the pressure to keep alive in wrongful ways and to prostitute their sex to meet the cost of living? Some might be able to get a job and so a livelihood. But can that satisfy a woman's inmost feelings and spiritual needs? Can it satisfy the emptiness left in her soul by the loss of a husband's love and nearness? And what of her innate emotions and her instinct of motherhood? Are not all these temptations to lead her astray unless proper provision is made?

Men and women have taken up temporary marriages in the West without legal, social or religious sanctions - and their society has been cast into chaos. The West's thinkers are feeling after an institution like Muslim "temporary marriage" to end this chaos.

Thus Bertrand Russell writes: "Modern social and financial difficulties put obstacles in the way of youthful marriages, contrary to our liking. A century or two ago the student completed his studies between the ages of 17 and 20; and, when the pressures of instinct and the age of puberty made him marriageable, he was able to enter that state. Very few remained unmarried until they were 30 or 40. But today students only enter on their serious studies after the age of 20 and proceed to their specialisation in industry or science. Even after they have got their degree and left college, they have to spend quite a period securing their means of livelihood; so that they may be 35 before they can afford to get married and found a family The long gap between adulthood and marriage causes emotional and instinctive upheavals in the sexual life and drives the victims to find relief where they had better not. Would it not be better for the sake of the proper order of human society that we should end this touchy problem by finding some proper outlet for the sexual instinct and the marital urge to replace or to fill in that lengthy gap, and so safeguard public health, posterity, morality, the principles of communication between men and women? Some sort of temporary marriage for our girls and boys would be a solution and prepare them for a permanent marriage later when they can afford it, saving them from the corruptions of illicit sex and the spiritual pangs of conscience which follow that type of wrongdoing as well as from the veneral diseases which only too often result"

Wilhelm van Loom "Matrimonial Health as seen by Islam" (p.175) wrote: "Psychology has confirmed that when men pass early marriageable age without getting wed, tendencies to homosexuality or other forms of sexual satisfaction beset them. Statistics show that some 65% of men who have wives are unfaithful to them. To lessen their burdens the government ought to introduce legislation making temporary marriage by consent of both parties legal, with definite regulations and a proper form for them to sign and register."

[Niya]

Lol@@Screw!
This is nothing more than men trying to find loopholes. Juch like in polygamy, the context and the conditions are abused. Women maybe fooled in the process, but who can fool God?
(Pragmaticgal need not answer this rhetorical question).

[abucubeed]

temporary marriages are like date rape

[AbdiWahab252]

Grant thanks for the info

[Ismahan445]

This is absurd AW, but me and you know someone who needs it.

[AbdiWahab252]

Ismahan lol

I will forward it to that person

[Steeler [Crawler2]]

Screw
Who thought it up? Mohammed, that's who. Mohammed introduced temporary marriage.

[AbdiWahab252]

MadMac:

Leave it alone.

All I can say ISlam beats Christianity or Hinduism or Judaism when it comes to answering the desires of a man.

Imagine if polygamy was legit in the States, no need for divorce & paying for alimony. Just upgrade to a younger, sexier woman

[Asraa]

That never works look at iman and mohamed theyre wedding was live buh two months later she popped a baby and then no one don't see them anymore :S

[PragmaticGal]

[quote="Niya"]Lol@@Screw!
This is nothing more than men trying to find loopholes. Juch like in polygamy, the context and the conditions are abused. Women maybe fooled in the process, but who can fool God?
(Pragmaticgal need not answer this rhetorical question).[/quote]

Sheesh, it didn't even cross my mind.

[gedo_gurl]

If youre horny.....try fasting.

[Padishah]

The only Muslims who practice Temporary marriages today are extreme whacked out Shias, and others looking for a woman to dupe, and make Zina 'Halal' for themselves.

As for Sunni's, it was banned during the Prophet's lifetime. As such, it is HARAM, and no different from Zina. Using an abrogated verse as proof is just pathetic.

Again people. temporary marriages are Haram. You either get married seriously and for the long term, or not at all.

[Grant]

http://www.answering-christianity.com/muta_no.htm


While the Quran itself does NOT authorize mut’a, the hadith literature on the subject is, at best, hopelessly CONTRADICTORY and fall in FOUR CATEGORIES:



1. COMPARE the following ahadith ALLOWING mut’a:

Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 60, Number 139:

Narrated Abdullah:

We used to participate in the holy wars carried on by the Prophet and we had no women (wives) with us. So we said (to the Prophet ). "Shall we castrate ourselves?" But the Prophet forbade us to do that and thenceforth HE ALLOWED US TO MARRY A WOMAN (TEMPORARILY) BY GIVING HER EVEN A GARMENT, and then he recited: "O you who believe! Do not make unlawful the good things which Allah has made lawful for you."

Abu Dawood, Book 11, Number 2105:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone gives as a dower to his wife two handfuls of flour or dates he has made her lawful for him.

AbuDawud said: This tradition has been narrated by AbdurRahman ibn Mahdi, from Salih ibn Ruman, from AbuzZubayr on the authority of Jabir as his own statement (not going back to the Prophet). It has also been transmitted by AbuAsim from Salih ibn Ruman , from AbuzZubayr on the authority of Jabir who said: DURING THE LIFETIME OF THE APOSTLE OF ALLAH (PEACE_BE_UPON_HIM) WE USED TO CONTRACT TEMPORARY MARRIAGE FOR A HANDFUL OF GRAIN.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3243:

Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported: We were on an expedition with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and we had no women with us. We said: Should we not have ourselves castrated? He (the Holy Prophet) forbade us to do so HE THEN GRANTED US PERMISSION THAT WE SHOULD CONTRACT TEMPORARY MARRIAGE FOR A STIPULATED PERIOD GIVING HER A GARMENT, and 'Abdullah then recited this verse: 'Those who believe do not make unlawful the good things which Allah has made lawful for you, and do not transgress. Allah does not like trangressers" (al-Qur'an, v. 87).

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3244:

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jarir with the same chain of transmitters and he also recited this (above-mentioned verse) to us, but he did not say that 'Abdullah recited it.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3245:

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Isma'il with the same chain of transmitters (and the words are):" We were young, so we said: Allah's Messenger, should we not have ourselves castrated? But he (the narrator) did not say; We were on an expedition."

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3246:

Jabir b. 'Abdullah and Salama b. al-Akwa' said: There came to us the proclaimer of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) HAS GRANTED YOU PERMISSION TO BENEFIT YOURSELVES, i. e., TO CONTRACT TEMPORARY MARRIAGE WITH WOMEN.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3247:

Salama b. al. Akwa' and Jabir b. Abdullah reported: ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) CAME TO US AND PERMITTED US TO CONTRACT TEMPORARY MARRIAGE.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3248:

Ibn Uraij reported: 'Ati' reported that Jibir b. Abdullah came to perform 'Umra, and we came to his abode, and the people asked him about different things, and then they made a mention of temporary marriage, whereupon he said: YES, WE HAD BEEN BENEFITING OURSELVES BY THIS TEMPORARY MARRIAGE DURING THE LIFETIME OF THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AND DURING THE TIME OF ABU BAKR AND 'UMAR.




2. WITH ahadith claiming that mut’a was PROHIBITED by THE PROPHET
(pbuh) except for the Companions:

Muslim, Book 007, Number 2817:

Abu Dharr (Allah be pleased with him) said that Tamattu' in Ha was A SPECIAL (CONCESSION) 1694 FOR THE COMPANIONS OF MUHAMMAD (may peace be upon him).

Muslim, Book 007, Number 2819:

Abu Dharr (Allah be pleased with him) said: TWO ARE THE MUT'AS WHICH WERE NOT PERMISSIBLE BUT ONLY FOR US, I. E. TEMPORARY MARRIAGE WITH WOMEN and Tamattu' in Hajj.

3. WITH ahadith claiming THE PROPHET (pbuh) PROHIBITED mut’a for
EVERYONE:

Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59, Number 527:

Narrated 'Ali bin Abi Talib:

On the day of Khaibar, ALLAH'S APOSTLE FORBADE THE MUT'A (I.E. TEMPORARY MARRIAGE) and the eating of donkey-meat.

Muslim, Book 21, Number 4763:

'Ali b. Abi Talib reported that ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) FORBADE ON THE DAY OF KHAIBAR TEMPORARY MARRIAGE (MUTA') WITH WOMEN and the eating of the flesh of domestic asses

Abu Dawood, Book 11, Number 2068:

Narrated Saburah ibn Ma'bad al-Juhani:

The APOSTLE OF ALLAH (PEACE_BE_UPON_HIM) PROHIBITED TEMPORARY MARRIAGE WITH WOMEN.


Muslim, Book 008, Number 3251:

Iyas b. Salama reported on the authority of his father that ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) GAVE SANCTION FOR CONTRACTING TEMPORARY MARRIAGE FOR THREE NIGHTS IN THE YEAR OF AUTAS 1847 AND THEN FORBADE IT.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3252:

Sabra Juhanni reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) permitted temporary marriage for us. So I and another person went out and saw a woman of Bana 'Amir, who was like a young long-necked she-camel. We presented ourselves to her (for contracting temporary marriage), whereupon she said: What dower would you give me? I said: My cloak. And my companion also said: My cloak. And the cloak of-my companion was superior to my cloak, but I was younger than he. So when she looked at the cloak of my companion she liked it, and when she cast a glance at me I looked more attractive to her. She then said: Well, you and your cloak are sufficient for me. I remained with her for three nights, and then ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) SAID: HE WHO HAS ANY SUCH WOMAN WITH WHOM HE HAD CONTRACTED TEMPORARY MARRIAGE, HE SHOULD LET HER OFF.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3253:

Rabi' b. Sabra reported that his father went on an expedition with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) during the Victory of Mecca, and we stayed there for fifteen days (i. e. for thirteen full days and a day and a night), and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) permitted us to contract temporary marriage with women. So I and another person of my tribe went out, and I was more handsome than he, whereas he was almost ugly. Each one of us had a cloaks, My cloak was worn out, whereas the cloak of my cousin was quite new. As we reached the lower or the upper side of Mecca, we came across a young woman like a young smart long-necked she-camel. We said: Is it possible that one of us may contract temporary marriage with you? She said: What will you give me as a dower? Each one of us spread his cloak. She began to cast a glance on both the persons. My companion also looked at her when she was casting a glance at her side and he said: This cloak of his is worn out, whereas my cloak is quite new. She, however, said twice or thrice: There is no harm in (accepting) this cloak (the old one). SO I CONTRACTED TEMPORARY MARRIAGE WITH HER, AND I DID NOT COME OUT (OF THIS) UNTIL ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) DECLARED IT FORBIDDEN.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3255:

Sabra al-Juhanni reported on the authority of his father that while he was with ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HM) HE SAID: O PEOPLE, I HAD PERMITTED YOU TO CONTRACT TEMPORARY MARRIAGE WITH WOMEN, BUT ALLAH HAS FORBIDDEN IT (NOW) UNTIL THE DAY OF RESURRECTION. So he who has any (woman with this type of marriage contract) he should let her off, and do not take back anything you have given to then (as dower).

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3257:

'Abd al-Malik b. Rabi' b. Sabraal-Juhanni reported on the authority of his father who narrated it on the authority of his father (i e. 'Abd al-Malik's grandfather, Sabura al-juhanni): ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) PERMITTED US TO CONTRACT TEMPORARY MARRIAGE IN THE YEAR OF VICTORY, AS WE ENTERED MECCA, AND WE DID COME OUT OF IT BUT HE FORBADE US TO DO IT.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3258:

Sabra b. Ma'bad reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) permitted his Companions to contract TEMPORARY MARRIAGE with women in the Year of Victory. So I and a friend of mine from Banu Sulaim went out, until we found a young woman of Banu Amir who was like a young she-camel having a long neck. We made proposal to her for contracting TEMPORARY MARRIAGE with us, and presented to her our cloaks (as dower). She began to look and found me more handsome than my friend, but found the cloak of my friend more beautiful than my cloak. She thought in her wind for a while, but then preferred me to my friend. So I remained with her for three (nights), and THEN ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) COMMANDED US TO PART WITH THEM (SUCH WOMEN).

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3259:

Rabi' b. Sabra reported on the authority of his father that ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) PROHIBITED THE CONTRACTING OF TEMPORARY MARRIAGE.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3260:

Rabi' b. Sabra reported on the authority of his father that ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) FORBADE ON THE DAY OF VICTORY TO CONTRACT TEMPORARY MARRIAGE WITH WOMEN. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Rabi' b. Sabra that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) forbade to contract temporary marriage with women at the time of Victory, and that his father had contracted the marriage for two red cloaks.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3261:

'Urwa b. Zabair reported that 'Abdullah b. Zubair (Allah be pleased with him) stood up (and delivered an address) in Mecca saying: Allah has made blind the hearts of some people as He has deprived them of eyesight that they give religious verdict in favour of temporary marriage, while he was alluding to a person (Ibn 'Abbas). Ibn Abbas called him and said: You are an uncouth person, devoid of sense. BY MY LIFE, MUT'A WAS PRACTISED DURING THE LIFETIME OF THE LEADER OF THE PIOUS (HE MEANT ALLAH'S MESSENGER, MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM), and Ibn Zubair said to him: just do it yourselves, and by Allah, if you do that I will stone you with your stones. Ibn Shihab said. Khalid b. Muhajir b. Saifullah informed me: While I was sitting in the company of a person, a person came to him and he asked for a religious verdict about Mut'a and he permitted him to do it. Ibn Abu 'Amrah al-Ansari (Allah be pleased with him) said to him: Be gentle. IT WAS PERMITTED IN THE EARLY DAYS OF ISLAM, (for one) who was driven to it under the stress of necessity just as (the eating of) carrion and the blood and flesh of swine and then Allah intensified (the commands of) His religion and prohibited it (altogether). Ibn Shihab reported: Rabi' b. Sabra told me that his father (Sabra) said: I contracted temporary marriage with a woman of Banu 'Amir for two cloaks DURING THE LIFETIME OF ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) ; THEN HE FORBADE US TO DO MUT'A. Ibn Shihab said: I heard Rabi' b. Sabra narrating it to Umar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz and I was sitting there.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3262:

Sabra al-Juhanni reported on the authority of his father: ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) PROHIBITED THE CONTRACTING OF TEMPORARY MARRIAGE AND SAID: BEHOLD, IT IS FORBIDDEN FROM THIS VERY DAY OF YOURS TO THE DAY OF RESURRECTION, and he who has given something (as a dower) should not take it back.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3263:

'Ali b. AbiTalib reported that ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) PROHIBITED ON THE DAY OF KHAIBAR THE CONTRACTING OF TEMPORARY MARRIAGE WITH WOMEN and the eating of the flesh of domestic asses.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3265:

Muhammad b. 'Ali narrated on the authority of his father 'Ali that ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) ON THE DAY OF KHAIBAR PROHIBITED FOR EVER THE CONTRACTING OF TEMPORARY MARRIAGE and eating of the flesh of the domestic asses.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3266:

'Ali (Allah be pleased with him) heard that Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) gave some relaxation in connection with the contracting of TEMPORARY MARRIAGE, whereupon he said: Don't be hasty (in your religious verdict), Ibn 'Abbas, for ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) ON THE DAY OF KHAIBAR PROHIBITED FOR EVER THE DOING OF IT-And eating of the flesh of domestic asses.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3267:

'Ali (Allah be pleased with him) said to Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) that ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) ON THE DAY OF KHAIBAR FORBADE FOREVER THE CONTRACTING OF TEMPORARY MARRIAGE and the eating of the flesh of domestic asses.

Muslim, Book 021, Number 4763:

'Ali b. Abi Talib reported that ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) FORBADE ON THE DAY OF KHAIBAR TEMPORARY MARRIAGE (MUTA') with women and the eating of the flesh of domestic asses.




4. WITH ahadith claiming that mut’a was FIRST PROHIBITED by UMAR:

Muslim, Book 007, Number 2874:

Abd Nadra reported: While I was in the company of Jibir, a person came and said: There is difference of opinion amomg Ibn Abbas and Ibn Zubair about two Mut'as (benefits, Tamattul in Hajj and TEMPORARY MARRIAGE WITH WOMEN), whereupon Jibir said: WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS DURING THE LIFETIME OF ALLAH'S MESSENGER (WAY PEACE BE UPON HIM), AND THEN 'UMAR FORBADE US TO DO SO, and we never resorted to them.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3249:

Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: WE CONTRACTED TEMPORARY MARRIAGE GIVING A HANDFUL OF (TALES OR FLOUR) AS A DOWER DURING THE LIFETIME OF ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AND DURING THE TIME OF ABU BAKR UNTIL 'UMAR FORBADE IT in the case of 'Amr b. Huraith.

Muslim, Book 008, Number 3250:

Abu Nadra reported: While I was in the company of Jabir b. Abdullah, a person came to him and said that Ibn 'Abbas and Ibn Zubair differed on the two types of Mut'as (Tamattu' of Hajj 1846 and TAMATTU' WITH WOMEN), whereupon Jabir said: WE USED TO DO THESE TWO DURING THE LIFETIME OF ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM). UMAR THEN FORBADE US TO DO THEM, AND SO WE DID NOT REVERT TO THEM.


Against this backdrop of conflicting ahadith, it should not be surprising that there are Sunni - as well as Shia - scholars who APPROVE mut’a.

"THERE IS NO IJMA' IN THE SUBJECT OF MUT'A. Most of the companions and their disciples did not agree with its prohibition by Umar. But only some of them
dared to raise their voice.

"THERE IS NO IJMA' IN THIS ISSUE AMONG THE SUNNI SCHOLARS EITHER. I have mentioned the name of some the Sunni scholars in the previous parts who believe Mut'a is permitted. Moreover Shia scholars are another reason for
breaking this Ijma'."

Shia Encyclopedia, Chapter 6, http://al-islam.org/encyclopedia/chapter6a/1.html.

How did mut’a come into Islam?

Like many innovations unfavorable to women, it can be traced directly to Judaism!

In the Old Testament, seduction of a virgin not yet engaged to be married, was not a crime, but merely a BUSINESS TRANSACTION:

"16 If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, he must pay the bride price for her and marry her. 17 But if her father refuses to let him marry her, he must pay the father a sum of money equal to the bride price for a virgin."

Exodus 22 (Today’s English Version).

Mut’a, similarly, degrades marriage to a business arrangement. This "Israeeleeat" doctrine has no place in Islam.



An addition from me, Osama Abdallah:

The sub-sections here are:

1- Muta is not "legalized prostitution".
2- Muta was even explicitly allowed in the Bible's OT!

Point #1:

(Muta is not "legalized prostitution")


I have run into several anti-Islam Christians that call Muta as a "legalized prostitution." They even got colorful with their accusations and brought up scenarios such as what if a Muslim comes up to a prostitute (a prostitute in the christian societies that is, because Islamic societies don't have public prostitutes) and offer her some money, like $20.00, to marry her for 1 hour and then divorces her, would that be allowed in Islam from the time it was allowed till it became discontinued?

Obviously, this scenario is possible for those who want to abuse the system and are desperate to find false cracks in it. But this definitely wasn't the intention and the reason of why muta was allowed.

By the way, the Bible's OT does allow divorce for any reason. The same scenario can be applied to the Bible as well, since technically, a man can walk up to a prostitute, marry her for 1 hour, and then divorce her.



Show me where in the Bible's OT this would not be allowed!

See Jeremiah 3:1



The Islamic temporary marriage was allowed for simply preventing Muslim men from committing adultery and fornication with other women when they used to travel for months and years at distances of 100s and even 1000s of miles away from home to engage the enemy in battle fields. Temporary marriage was allowed for this purpose, and this purpose only. Once Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, established the Islamic State in Mecca, he forbade Muta completely.



From www.answering-christianity.com/temporary_marriage.htm:

Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah and Salama bin Al-Akwa': "While we were in an army, Allah's Apostle came to us and said, "You have been allowed to do the Mut'a (marriage), so do it." Salama bin Al-Akwa' said: Allah's Apostle's said, "If a man and a woman agree (to marry temporarily), their marriage should last for three nights, and if they like to continue, they can do so; and if they want to separate, they can do so." I do not know whether that was only for us or for all the people in general. Abu Abdullah (Al-Bukhari) said: 'Ali made it clear that the Prophet said, "The Mut'a marriage has been cancelled (made unlawful)." (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah), Volume 7, Book 62, Number 52)"

Narrated Saburah ibn Ma'bad al-Juhani: "The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) prohibited temporary marriage with women. (Translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud, Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah), Book 11, Number 2068)"



Allah Almighty in the Noble Quran did Command the Muslims to follow the Prophet's Commands:

"O ye who believe! Obey God, and obey the Apostle, and those charged with authority among you. If ye differ in anything among yourselves, refer it to God and His Apostle, if ye do believe in God and the Last Day: That is best, and most suitable for final determination. (The Noble Quran, 4:59)"

"When there comes to them some matter touching (Public) safety or fear, they divulge it. If they had only referred it to the Apostle, or to those charged with authority among them, the proper investigators would have Tested it from them (direct). Were it not for the Grace and Mercy of God unto you, all but a few of you would have fallen into the clutches of Satan. (The Noble Quran, 4:83)"