Obayy bin Ka’b...

Obayy bin Ka’b, ibn Abbas, Sa’eed bin Jubayr and as-Sadiy used to recite this verse in this way: ( And those of whom ye seek content ( by marrying them ) until a specified period… ) .

[^6] Imran bin Hussayn declared that this verse had been revealed about the temporary marriage and it had not been annulled but a man said according to his own thinking what he liked![^7] Mujahid declared that this verse had been revealed about the temporary marriage.[^8] What confirmed this was that Allah had showed at the beginning of the sura the verdict of the continuous marriage by saying: ( …then marry such women as seem good to you, two and three and four.

4:3) until He said: ( And give unto the women ( whom ye marry ) free gift of their marriage portions. 4:4) . So if this verse ( And those of whom ye seek content ( by marrying them ) , give unto them their portions as a duty ) concerned the continuous marriage too then there would be no use of repeating the same thing in the same sura but if it concerned the temporary marriage then it would talk about a new subject.

Those, who studied the Quran well, knew that the sura of an-Nissa’ (4) had declared all kinds of the Islamic marriages.

The continuous marriage and the marriage of mulk al-yameen[^9] were declared by this saying: ( …then marry such women as seem good to you, two and three and four; but if you fear that you will not do justice ( between them ) , then ( marry ) only one or what your right hands possess ) and the marriage of the bondmaids was declared by this verse: ( And whoever among you has not within his power ampleness of means to marry free believing women, then ( he may marry ) of those whom your right hands possess from among your believing maidens.

4:25) until Allah said: ( so marry them with the permission of their masters, and give them their dowries justly. 4:25) whereas the temporary marriage was declared by this verse ( And those of whom ye seek content ( by marrying them ) , give unto them their portions as a duty ). Temporary marriage in the Sunna Many traditions were narrated by the infallible imams confirming the legality of the temporary marriage.

Al-Bukhari and Muslim mentioned many traditions about the temporary marriage narrated by Salama bin al-Akwa’, Jabir bin Abdullah, Abdullah bin Mass’ood, ibn Abbas, Abu Tharr al-Ghifari, Imran bin Hussayn, al-Akwa’ bin Abdullah al-Aslami and Sabra bin Ma’bad.