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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Nikah Al-Mut’ah, Zina or Sunnah? Preface Mut’ah was unknown on the earth before Allah sent Muhammad, sallallahu ‘alaihi wa alihi . An average Sunni Muslim would be surprised to know this.
Our brothers and sisters from the Ahl al-Sunnah have been repeatedly bombarded with severe anti- mut’ah propaganda for several years (or perhaps even decades or centuries), which claims that it was a pagan custom of the pre-Islamic Arabs that was temporarily tolerated by the Prophet – like alcohol – and was then banned eternally by him. However, ask the Sunni ‘alim to produce reliable Sunni evidence that mut’ah was ever practised during the Jahiliyyah period. That is when things get really messy.
He will never be able to give the proof – no matter the spread of his knowledge, and no matter his scholarly standing. Demand also, if possible, the same evidence from one billion Sunni ‘ulama , and you will never get it till the Day of al-Qiyamah . Of course, it does not exist! Mut’ah was introduced to this planet, to this cosmos, for the very first time by none other than the Messenger of Allah, on the Order of his Lord.
It was part of His Mercy, made especially for this Ummah , as Imam ‘Abd al-Razzaq (d. 211 H) records: عبد الرزاق عن ابن جريج عن عطاء قال: لأول من سمعت منه المتعة صفوان بن يعلى، قال: أخبرني عن يعلى أن معاوية استمتع بامرأة بالطائف، فأنكرت ذلك عليه، فدخلنا على ابن عباس، فذكر له بعضنا، فقال له: نعم، فلم يقر في نفسي، حتى قدم جابر ابن عبد الله، فجئناه في منزله، فسأله القوم عن أشياء، ثم ذكروا له المتعة، فقال: نعم، استمتعنا على عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، وأبي بكر، وعمر، حتى إذا كان في آخر خلافة عمر … قال عطاء: وسمعت ابن عباس يقول: يرحم الله عمر، ما كانت المتعة إلا رخصة من الله عز وجل، رحم بها أمة محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم، فلو لا نهيه عنها ما احتاج إلى الزنا إلا شقي، قال: كأني والله أسمع قوله: إلا شقي - عطاء القائل - قال عطاء: فهي التي في سورة النساء } فما استمتعتم به منهن { إلى كذا وكذا من الأجل، على كذا وكذا ‘Abd al-Razzaq – Ibn Jurayj – ‘Aṭa: The person from whom I first heard about mut’ah was Safwan b.
Ya’la. He narrated to me from Ya’la that Mu’awiyah did mut’ah with a woman at Ṭaif . So, I denied that upon him. Then, we entered upon Ibn ‘Abbas, and one of us mentioned ( mut’ah ) to him, and he said, “Yes”. But, it did not settle well in me, until when Jabir b. ‘Abd Allah arrived. So, we went to him at his house, and the people asked him about various things. Then, they mentioned mut’ah , and he said, “Yes.