Hadith 5119

وَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي إِيَاسُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَةٍ تَوَافَقَا ، فَعِشْرَةُ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا ثَلَاثُ لَيَالٍ ، فَإِنْ أَحَبَّا أَنْ يَتَزَايَدَا أَوْ يَتَتَارَكَا تَتَارَكَا " ، فَمَا أَدْرِي أَشَيْءٌ كَانَ لَنَا خَاصَّةً أَمْ لِلنَّاسِ عَامَّةً ، قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ وَبَيَّنَهُ عَلِيٌّ : عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَنَّهُ مَنْسُوخٌ .
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).
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب النكاح / 5119
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
The objector (from among the deniers of hadith) has also raised an objection to this hadith. The objector said: SA Imam al-Bukhari narrated a marfu‘ hadith from Salamah ibn al-Akwa‘ which establishes the permissibility of mut‘ah. [صحیح بخاری:5119] EA However, at the end of this very hadith, Imam al-Bukhari rahimahullah states:
«وقد بينه على عن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه منسوخ»
“And ‘Ali radi Allahu anhu narrated from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that it is abrogated.” [صحیح بخاری:5119]
The objector concealed this ruling of Imam al-Bukhari rahimahullah and thus demonstrated the worst kind of dishonesty.

Note:
The narration of Imam Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Dhi’b is present with a connected chain in the following books:
[المعجم الکبیر للطبرانی:24/7، ح:6266، و سندہ حسن]
[المستخرج للاسماعیلی]
[المستخرج لابی نعیم الاصیہانی]
See: [تغلیق التعلیق:412/4]
Source: Tawfiq al-Bari fi Tatbiq al-Qur'an wa Sahih Bukhari, Page: 37
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah, quoting Suhayli, has detailed the occasions where the prohibition of mut‘ah (temporary marriage) has been mentioned. They are as follows:
- Khaybar
- ‘Umrat al-Qada’
- The Conquest of Makkah
- The Battle of Autas
- The Battle of Tabuk
- The Farewell Pilgrimage (Hajjat al-Wada‘)

Then he wrote that Suhayli did not mention the Battle of Hunayn; either this was an oversight on his part or he deliberately omitted it because this happened due to the error of narrators. After scrutinizing the narrations, he said that apart from the Battle of Khaybar and the Conquest of Makkah, no other authentic and explicit hadith remains.

(2)
Imam Nawawi rahimahullah states:
The prohibition and permissibility of nikah mut‘ah (temporary marriage) occurred twice:
Before the Battle of Khaybar, it was permissible; at Khaybar, its prohibition was decreed. Then, at the time of the Conquest of Makkah, its permissibility was decreed, and that is the year of Autas. After that, it was made forbidden forever.
(Fath al-Bari: 9/212)

It is narrated from Hazrat Sabrah Juhani radi Allahu anhu, who said that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
“I had permitted you to contract mut‘ah with women, but now Allah has forbidden it until the Day of Resurrection.”
(Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Nikah, Hadith: 3419 (1406))

Hazrat ‘Umar radi Allahu anhu said during a sermon:
The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam permitted us three times, then he forbade it.
By Allah! If I come to know of any married person contracting mut‘ah, I will stone him with stones.
(Sunan Ibn Majah, Kitab al-Nikah, Hadith: 1963)

(3)
There is consensus (ijma‘) on its prohibition.
Only the Shi‘a Rafidah are proponents and practitioners of its permissibility.
This is why Imam Bukhari rahimahullah, at the end, narrated from Hazrat ‘Ali radi Allahu anhu that it has been abrogated forever. Accordingly, Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah narrated from Hazrat ‘Ali radi Allahu anhu that the abrogator (nasikh) of mut‘ah is:
Divorce (talaq), waiting period (‘iddah), and inheritance (mirath), meaning that if mut‘ah were permissible, there would be no existence of divorce nor would the rules of inheritance be applied.
(al-Musannaf by ‘Abd al-Razzaq: 7/505, no. 14046, and Fath al-Bari: 9/216)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 5119