Nikah mutah, or temporary marriage, was popular in the ancient islamic world. We will also try to provide other related sources of law. I would like to know because a friend of mine has read a book by professor abui qasim gourgi and is u. The comment was regarding the prohibition of mutah, a word with several meanings. Hadith is about comment made by imran ibn husain, one of the companions of muhammad and a narrator of hadith. Nikah al mutah, or simply mutah, is marriage between two consenting adults for a specified period of time. All the sahabah including abu bakr and umar considered mutah to be halal throughout the lifetime of. This is what islam says about nikah mutah temporary marriage. Muhammad and nikah almutah temporary marriage as a form of prostitution the prophet of islam allowed his followers to practice a form of prostitution called nikah almutah. The official website of the office of his eminence al.
Such marriages are still legal amongst the shiahs, and exist in persia to. In this section we will try to provide you with the fatwa of the mujtahids on mutah, nikah, divorce and related issues. Marriages of pleasure take iraq by storm oumayma omar aw. She reads out a religious text to complete the shortterm marriage before she.
Both the groom and the bride are to consent to the marriage of their own free wills. Temporary marriages in islam should be prohibited huffpost india. But why are young british muslims adopting the practice now. The sunni and shiah perspectives on marriage, author dr. In muhammads time, a muslim could pay a woman for temporary marriage, which would last a few hours, days, weeks, or months depending on the agreement. Umar ra did not change this ruling, but only enforced it. I marry you in mutah for suchandsuch days with suchandsuch amount, in marriage and not for fornication or adultery, upon the book of allah the almighty and the sunnah of his prophet, peace be upon him and his family. Mutah is an old islamic practice for the men who used to travel long distances and needed someone to please with. The divorce of a wife who is not fond of her husband and has an aversion to him and gives him her dowry mahr or some of her other property so that he divorces her is known as a khul. He illustrates the shiah proofs of mutah marriage with their quotes from the holy quran. Een tijdelijk huwelijk, nikah mutah, kan een paar uur, een week, zes maanden, of meerdere jaren duren. A famous recorded oral tradition among muslims arabic. Mutah marriage is a consensual union under controlled circumstances.
Husain said there was revealed the verse of tamattu in hajj in the book of. Hughes in his dictionary of islam writes that mutah or usufruct enjoyment is a marriage contracted for a limited period, for a certain sum of money. Nikah mutah means temporary marriage which means a man marries a woman for a specific amount of time. This is a list of significant books of sunni islam doctrine. What are differences between misyar and mutah marriage. A formal, binding contract verbal or on paper is considered integral to a religiously valid islamic marriage, and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom and bride. It speaks of the sexual enjoyment that takes place within the context of marriage, and of the payment of mahr. A man has to propose to a woman even the reverse is possible to enter into a marital contract, pay her mehr before the marriage occurs. Mutah marriage and refutation of those raafidis who permit it could you please tell if there is such a concept as temporary marriagesin islam. For anyone doing taqleed, this section is your mutah bible. Kitaabunnikaah the book of marriage from shaikh saalih alfawzaans.
This is prevalent in the shiah branch of islam, but not practiced among the sunnis. Since its duration is fixed, it is also often called temporary marriage. Nikah mutah, or temporary marriage, was popular in the ancient. Nikah mutah and nikah misyar are relics from another century. It is compulsory for a man to pay mahr dowry after their temporary marriage is over. The prophet muhammad pbuh forbade mutah until the day of judgment. The quran in fact says nothing about mutah marriage. It is a form of marriage, which is why it is called a nikah. Nikah mutahs more seemly equivalent in sunni sect is called nikah misyar but, while latter is rarely practiced, former is becoming common in.
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