Temporary marriage (mutah)

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade mut'ah and eating the meat of domestic donkeys?

Sayyiduna Sabrah al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade mut'ah on the day of the Conquest of Makkah.

Sayyiduna Sabrah al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) standing between the Corner (of the Ka'bah) and its door, saying: "O people, I had permitted you to contract mut'ah with women; now Allah Almighty has made it unlawful until the Day of Resurrection. If anyone has a mut'ah wife, let him let her go, and do not take back the dower you gave them."

The father of Iyas bin Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted mut'ah for three (days) in the year of Awtas, then forbade it.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Had I announced (its prohibition) beforehand, I would have stoned (those who practise it) — meaning mut'ah.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade two kinds of mut'ah: the mut'ah of women and the mut'ah of Hajj.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about mut'ah, and he said: We regard it as nothing but fornication.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about mut'ah (temporary marriage), and he said that it is unlawful. It was said to him: "Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) gives a fatwa permitting it." Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Then why did he not even murmur about it in the time of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)?"

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "May Allah Almighty have mercy on Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)! Had he not forbidden mut'ah, fornication would have become open."

Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "By Allah! Mut'ah was permitted only for three days; the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave permission for it. Mut'ah was not permitted before that, nor was it ever permitted after it."

Ibn Dhu'ayb (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "I heard Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) say, while delivering a sermon: 'The wolf is given the kunyah Abu Ja'dah, and mut'ah is fornication.'"

Ibn Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The procedure of mut'ah was the procedure of marriage, except that the term was in the women's hands."

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If a man is brought to me who has contracted mut'ah with a woman, I will have him stoned if he is married, and if he is unmarried I will have him flogged."

Makhul (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Marrying a woman for a fixed period of time is fornication."

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Once, in the days of our youth, we were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Being distressed (by the intensity of desire), we said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that we wished to castrate ourselves. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Do not do so.' Then he granted us permission to marry a woman for a fixed period in exchange for a garment." Then Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) recited this verse: "O you who believe, do not make unlawful the pure things that Allah Almighty has made lawful for you." [Al-Ma'idah: 87]