Therefore, let those present inform those who are absent.

Therefore, let those present inform those who are absent.” Its abrogation also occurs in the Qur’an where the inheritance of the wife is mentioned, eighth and fourths, and she (the woman in mut’ah ) has no share from that. Muhammad b.

Idris al-Shafi’i, may the mercy of Allah be upon him, also said that the place of its abrogation is in Surah al-Mumin , and its abrogation is His Statement, the Most High: {And those who guard their private parts, except from their wives or what their right hands possess (i.e. slave-women)...} [Makkan, al-Mumin , 23, verse 5]. And they agreed that she (i.e. the woman in mut’ah ) is not a wife, and not a slave-woman.

Therefore, Allah abrogated it with this verse.[^8] Apparently, Ibn Hazm also believes that the verse was revealed about mut’ah . His arguments against the temporary marriage are as follows: (i) The ahadith against mut’ah have abrogated the Verse of al-Mut’ah . (ii) The verse about the inheritance of wives has abrogated the Verse of al-Mut’ah . (iii) A verse revealed in Makkah in Surah al-Mumin abrogated the Verse of al-Mut’ah , which was revealed later in al-Madinah!

Well, only an ayah can abrogate an ayah , as Allah Himself declares: ما ننسخ من آية أو ننسها نأت بخير منها أو مثلها Whatever a verse We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring a better one or one similar to it .[^9] We also read: وإذا بدلنا آية مكان آية والله أعلم بما ينزل قالوا إنما أنت مفتر بل أكثرهم لا يعلمون And when We change a verse in place of another verse , and Allah knows best of what He sends down, they say, “You are but a forger.” Nay, but most of them know not.[^10] Imam al-Shafi’i (d.

204 H) himself says about it: ولا ينسخ كتاب الله إلا كتابه لقول الله} ما ننسخ من آية أو ننسها نأت بخير منها أو مثلها {وقوله} وإذا بدلنا آية مكان آية والله أعلم بما ينزل قالوا إنما أنت مفتر { فأبان أن نسخ القرآن لا يكون إلا بقرآن مثله The Book of Allah cannot be abrogated except by His Book , due to the Statement of Allah {Whatever a verse We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring a better one or one similar to it} and His Statement {And when We change a verse in place of another verse, and Allah knows best of what He sends down, they say, “You are but a forger”}.

So, it is very clear that the abrogation of (a verse of) the Qur’an cannot occur except through (another verse of) the Qur’an .[^11] Imam ‘Abd al-Razzaq (d.