Hadith 1962

Prohibition Of Temporary Marriage (Mut'ah)

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Darussalam · Volume 3

9. The Chapters On Marriage

Sunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 1962 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 631

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Source no. 1962 · Volume 4 · Page 462
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صحيح - دون قوله: "حجة الوداع" والصواب: "يوم الفتح" -، الإرواء (١٩٠١ و ١٩٠٢) ، الصحيحة (٣٨١) ، صحيح أبي داود (١٨٠٨)

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English translation

1962. It was narrated from Rabī' bin Sabrah that his father said: "We went out with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ on the Farewell pilgrimage, and they said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, celibacy has become too difficult for us.' He said: 'Then make temporary marriages with these women.' So we went to them, but they insisted on setting a fixed time between us and them. They mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ and he said: 'Set a fixed time between you and them.' So I went out with a cousin of mine. He had a cloak and I had a cloak, but his cloak was finer than mine, and I was younger than him. We came to a woman and she said: 'One cloak is like another.' So I married her and stayed with her that night. Then the next day I saw the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ standing between the Rukn (corner) and the door (of the Ka'bah), saying: 'O people, I had permitted temporary marriage for you, but Allāh has forbidden it until the Day of Resurrection. Whoever had any temporary wives, he should let them go, and do not take back anything that you had given to them.'" (Sahih)

Arabic text

1962 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّ الْعُزْبَةَ قَدِ اشْتَدَّتْ عَلَيْنَا، قَالَ: «فَاسْتَمْتِعُوا مِنْ هَذِهِ النِّسَاءِ» ، فَأَتَيْنَاهُنَّ فَأَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَنْكِحْنَنَا إِلَّا أَنْ نَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُنَّ أَجَلًا، فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «اجْعَلُوا بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُنَّ أَجَلًا» ، فَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَابْنُ عَمٍّ لِي، مَعَهُ بُرْدٌ وَمَعِي بُرْدٌ، وَبُرْدُهُ أَجْوَدُ مِنْ بُرْدِي، وَأَنَا أَشَبُّ مِنْهُ، فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ، فَقَالَتْ: بُرْدٌ كَبُرْدٍ، فَتَزَوَّجْتُهَا، فَمَكَثْتُ عِنْدَهَا تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ، ثُمَّ غَدَوْتُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَائِمٌ بَيْنَ الرُّكْنِ وَالْبَابِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ أَذِنْتُ لَكُمْ فِي الِاسْتِمْتَاعِ، أَلَا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ حَرَّمَهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَمَنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ مِنْهُنَّ شَيْءٌ فَلْيُخْلِ سَبِيلَهَا، وَلَا تَأْخُذُوا مِمَّا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ شَيْئًا»

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Shaikh Albānī said: This Hadīth is authentic but the mention of the Farewell pilgrimage in it is incorrect. The truth is that it was made unlawful forever at the conquest of Makkah; as mentioned in Sahih Muslim: 1406. The temporary marriage was allowed during a limited time for certain circumstances and thereafter it was declared unlawful forever.