Rabi' bin Sabra reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) prohibited the contracting of temporary marriage.
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
This is the incident of the Conquest of Makkah. The very person involved, Hazrat Sabrah al-Juhani radi Allahu anhu, has explicitly stated this. On this occasion, the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: [إنَّ اللّٰہَ قَدْ حَرَّمَ ذٰالِك اِلیٰ یَوْمِ الْقِیٰمَة ] meaning that Allah, the Exalted, has forbidden temporary marriage (mut‘ah) with women until the Day of Resurrection. For details, see: (Sahih Muslim, Book of Marriage, Chapter: The Marriage of Mut‘ah and Clarification that it was Permitted then Abrogated..., Hadith: 1406)
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 3370
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: The father of Rabi' and his companion presented two red sheets to the woman, and the woman liked them.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 3428
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Among the marriages of the Age of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah) was also the marriage of mut‘ah (temporary marriage), in which people would contract a marriage for a specified period. However, after the advent of Islam, it was prohibited at the time of the Battle of Khaybar. Then, a concession was granted for it, but at the conquest of Makkah, it was made permanently forbidden.
Except for the Rawafid (Rafidites), the rest of the Imams are unanimous in considering this act impermissible. The Rawafid have attributed the permissibility of mut‘ah to Ali radi Allahu anhu, whereas in Sahih al-Bukhari it is narrated from Ali radi Allahu anhu that he explicitly stated that the marriage of mut‘ah has been abrogated.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2073
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
(1)
Our esteemed researcher, rahimahullah, writes regarding this hadith that it is authentic, but the mention of the Farewell Pilgrimage (Hajjat al-Wada‘) in it is not correct. The correct view is that this incident pertains to the Conquest of Makkah, as is narrated in Sahih Muslim. (Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Nikah, Chapter: Marriage of Mut‘ah..., Hadith: 1406)
(2)
The permission for mut‘ah (temporary marriage) was granted temporarily due to specific circumstances, after which it was made prohibited forever. Imam Nawawi, rahimahullah, has written the following heading for this hadith in his commentary on Sahih Muslim:
“The explanation of the marriage of mut‘ah: it was initially permissible, then its permissibility was abrogated, then it was permitted again, then it was abrogated again, and its prohibition remains established until the Day of Judgment.” (Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Nikah, Chapter: Marriage of Mut‘ah..., Hadith: 1405)
This is also evident from the ahadith of the first chapter of Sunan Ibn Majah, Kitab al-Nikah (Hadith: 1845, 1846), because the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) instructed young men who could not afford marriage to observe fasting. If mut‘ah marriage had been permissible, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would have instructed them to contract mut‘ah marriage instead of fasting.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1962
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Takhrij:
«أخرجه مسلم، النكاح، باب النكاح المتعة....، حديث:1406، وأبوداود، النكاح، حديث:2072، 2073، والنسائي، النكاح، حديث:3370، وابن ماجه، النكاح، حديث:1962، وأحمد:3 /405، وابن حبان (الإحسان):6 /177، حديث:4135.»©Explanation:
© Hadith Narrator:
«حضرت ربیع بن سبرہ رحمہ اللہ » is a Juhani and a Madani.
He is also known as Ibn Awsajah.
Both Imam al-Nasa'i and 'Ajli have declared him trustworthy (thiqah).
And Ibn Hibban has mentioned him in his book "al-Thiqat".
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 851