(5:87) b.

(5:87) b.) jabir ibn abdullah and salama ibn akwa said, " there came to us the proclaimer of allah's messenger (p.) and said, " allah's messenger (p.) has granted us the permission to benefit ourselves:i.e. to contract temporary marriage with women" c.) salama ibn akwa and jabir ibn abdullah reported, " the prophet (p.) came to us and permitted us to contract temporary marriage".

d.) ibn juraih says that : " ata' reported that jubair ibn abdullah came to perform ' umra and we came to his abode and then people asked him about different things. they mentioned temporary marriage during the lifetime of the holy prophet (p.) and during time of abu bakr and ' umar ".

e.) jabir ibn abdullah reported : we contracted temporary marriage giving a handful of dates and flour for some days during the lifetime of prophet (p.) and during the time of abu bakr, until 'umar forbade it in case of 'amr ibn huraith ". note : the original arabic publication of muslim reads ( al ayyam) i.e. for some, but the translation gives the meaning wrongly as "dower".

f.) abu nadr reported : while i was in the company of jabir ibn abdullah; a person came to him and said that ibn abbas and ibn zubair differed on the two types of mutah (tamatu' of hajj and tamatu' of woman ) whereupon the lifetime of allah's messenger (p.) ' umar then forbade us. so we did not revert to them. this group of hadiths clearly allowed mutah, that was practiced by the companions during the time of the prophet (p.) and abu bakr and umar.

the other two groups of hadiths contradicts the first group. however, we have to consider the following points : 1). if mutah was forbidden by the holy prophet (p.), there would have been no need for anybody to forbid it again. 2). the group which forbids, differs on the date on which the holy prophet (p.) forbade it. some say it was forbidden in umrat-ul-qada, others say in fath khaiber, hunnain, awatas, tabuk, thanyatul wada and hajjatul wada.

therefore, it was said that mutah was abrogated many times. (see al ahinqiti mohammed habib allah, zaid al muslim, vol 5 p 528 ). this leads to the question that if it was abrogated by the holy prophet (p.) once, there would have been no need for another abrogation. no muslim would dare to go against the order of the prophet muhammad (p.). 3). there is evidence in the islamic history that mutah was practiced by some muslim jurists after 'umar's reign e.g. abdul malik juriah ( jurist of mecca).

he died in 149 a.h.