Re: Point Blank ? 28th September 2009 - Only for Adults
Mutah is being practiced in several Muslim countries including Saudia Arabia ONLY because it has been allowed by Allah (SWT) in the Quran and Rasool-e-Kareem (PBUH) in Hadees because in all those countries where its allowed, ONLY Islamic laws in conjuction with Quran and Hadees are followed UNLIKE Pakistan. If Mutah was not allowed in the Quran and Hadees, Muslim countries would NEVER EVER allow it.
If something is allowed by Allah (SWT) and Rasool-e-Kareem (PBUH), Hazrat Umar (RA) or any other Sahaba (RA) CANNOT disallow it no matter how bad it seems to them. For eg. Chopping a thief's hands seems too much a punishment for theft. However, because there is a verse in the Quran, we can't do anything about it. We HAVE to follow it. We can't pick and choose no matter how strange the commandment seems to be because we dont know and ALLAH (SWT) is All knowing.
The Arabic dictionaries define mut'a as 'enjoyment, pleasure, delight'. The root form, m-t: signifies, 'to carry away, to take away'. A 'marriage of mut'a' is a marriage which the contract stipulates will last for a fixed period of time. This 'marriage of mut'a' is referred to both in the hadith literature and, in much more detail, in the books on jurisprudence (fiqh). In the hadith and in other sayings related from early Muslims the word 'mut'a' itself is usually employed. This particular term is the preferred name for temporary marriage because the Qur'an itself refers to this kind of marriage employing a term derived from the same root. In the following verse, the word istimta', the tenth verbal form of the root m-t-', is translated as 'enjoy': 'So those of them [women] whom you enjoy, give to them their appointed wages' (4:24).
Allah, to whom belong Might and Majesty, said: (...Except the forbidden women) the rest are lawful unto you to seek them with gifts from your property (i.e., dowry), provided that you desire protection (from sin), not fornication. So for whatever you have had of pleasure (Istamta'tum) with them by the contract, give unto them their appointed wages as a duty. And there is no sin for you in what you both agree (in extending the contract) after fulfilling the (first) duty. Lo! Allah is ever Knower, Wise. (Quran 4:24)
In the above verse, the Arabic equivalent of the word "marriage" or any of its derivatives has NOT been used. Rather the derivative of word "Mut'a" (pleasure/temporary marriage) has been used, i.e., "Istamta'tum". The word Istamta'a is the tenth verbal form of the root m-t-a. Mut'a is one type of marriage, but some of it's regulations are different than the permanent marriage, including the fact that the couple can extend this contract by mutual agreement as the end of verse specifies.
Allah (SWT) is discussing different types of marriages: first, permanent marriage in the verses before Verse 24, then temporary marriage in Verse 24, and then marriage with the slave girls in Verse 25. Thus Allah(SWT) repeated the issue of dowry three times, one for permanent marriage, one for temporary marriage and one for the bondwomen.
Who could we find better that Jabir Ibn Abdillah al-Ansari (RA), the great companion of the Prophet, who according to Sahih Muslim said: "Istamta'a means contracting temporary marriage" (Sahih Muslim, English version, v2, chapter DXLI titled: Temporary Marriage, Tradition #3246.
Among the numerous companions and their disciples who believed in practicing Mut'a after the demise of the Prophet are:
Ali ibn-e- Abi Talib , Abu Dhar, Jabir Ibn Abdillah, Abdullah Ibn Abbas, Abdullah Ibn Masud, Zubair Ibn al-Awwam, Imran Ibn Husain, Abdullah Ibn Umar, Ubay Ibn Ka'ab, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, Salamah Ibn Umayyah, Awka' Ibn Abdillah, Salamah Ibn al-Awka', Khalid Ibn Muhajir, 'Amr Ibn Huraith, Rabi'a Ibn Umayya, Suhair, Sa'id Ibn Jubair Tawoos, Qotadah, Mujahid, Ataa al-Madani al-Suddy, and Hasan ibn-e- Ali
For all brothers and sisters who think Mutah is not permitted anymore:
I quoted the Quranic verse that allowed Mutah. Can you please quote the verse that disallowed it after that. Thanks.