Not three days after it?

Not three days after it? What then are we supposed to believe? Meanwhile, ‘Umar supposedly considered the ban of mut’ah after this three-day allowance – which alleged occurred only during the conquest of Makkah - as permanent . Imam Ibn Majah (d. 273 H) tells us: حدثنا محمد بن خلف العسقلاني. ثنا الفريابي عن أبان بن أبي حازم، عن أبي بكر بن حفص، عن ابن عمر، قال: لما ولى عمر بن الخطاب، خطب الناس فقال: إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أذن لنا في المتعة ثلاثا، ثم حرمها.

والله !لا أعلم أحدا يتمتع وهو محصن إلا رجمته بالحجارة إلا أن يأتيني بأربعة يشهدون أن رسول الله أحلها بعد إذ حرمها. Muhammad b. Khalaf al-‘Asqalani – al-Faryabi – ‘Aban b. Abi Hazim – Abu Bakr b. Hafs – Ibn ‘Umar: When ‘Umar b. al-Khaṭṭab became the wali , he addressed the people and said, “ Verily, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, permitted us to practise mut’ah for three days. Then, he made it haram .

I swear by Allah, if I know of any married person doing mut’ah , I will stone him with stones except if he brings to me four people who testify that the Messenger of Allah (later) declared it halal after prohibiting it .”[^7] Shaykh al-Arnauṭ and two others say: حديث صحيح وهذاسند حسن A sahih hadith , and this chain is hasan . ^8 NOTE: This hadith is actually ḍa’if . Concerning one of its narrators, al-Hafiẓ (d.

852 H) states: أبان بن عبد الله بن أبي حازم بن صخر بن العيلة بفتح العين المهملة البجلي الأحمسي الكوفي صدوق في حفظه لين Aban b. ‘Abd Allah b. Abi Hazim b. Sakhr b. al-‘Aylah al-Bajali al-Ahmasi al-Kufi: Saduq (very truthful), there is weakness in his memory .[^9] Then, Imam Ibn Hibban (d. 354 H) gives more details: أبان بن عبد الله البجلي من أهل الكوفة وهو الذي يقال له أبان بن أبي حازم، يروى عن أبان بن تغلب وأهل الكوفة، روى عنه الثوري ووكيع والناس.

وكان ممن فحش خطؤه وانفرد بالمناكير، أخبرنا الهمداني قال سمعت عمرو بن علي يقول: ما سمعت يحيى بن سعيد القطان يحدث عنه بشئ قط - يعنى أبان البجلي. Aban b. ‘Abd Allah al-Bajali, from the people of Kufa, and he was the one called Aban b. Abi Hazim. He narrated from Aban b. Taghlib and the people of Kufah. Al-Thawri, Waki’ and the people narrated from him. He was one of those whose mistakes were terrible, and who narrated manakir (repugnant reports) without corroboration .

Al-Hamdani informed us, and said: I heard ‘Amr b. ‘Ali saying: “I never heard Yahya b. Sa’id al-Qaṭṭan ever narrating anything from him” – he meant Aban al-Bajali.[^10] In normal circumstances, a narrator like this is not just ḍa’if , but also munkar .

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