However, Malik said, ‘It is not from the manners of the people.

However, Malik said, ‘It is not from the manners of the people.’ As for al-Awza’i, he disagreed and said, ‘It is a mut’ah marriage, and there is no good in it.’” And Allah knows best.[^2] Of course, it is NOT mut’ah ! Al-Awza’i was definitely very wrong. In mut’ah , both parties – again, both parties – mutually and voluntarily agree on the temporary nature of their prospective union, and on the exact time of its end.

However, in this Sunni*-*invented “marriage”, both would-be spouses outwardly agree on a permanent marriage while the man inwardly intends only a temporary relationship. He basically tricks the unsuspecting woman till the very end. Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah (d.

728 H) has his submission too: وسئل رحمه الله عن رجل ركاض يسير في البلاد في كل مدينة شهرا او شهرين ويعزل عنها ويخاف ان يقع في المعصية فهل له ان يتزوج في مدة إقامته في تلك البلدة وإذا سافر طلقها وأعطاها حقها أو لا وهل يصح النكاح أم لا فأجاب له أن يتزوج لكن ينكح نكاحا مطلقا لا يشترط فيه توقيتا بحيث يكون إن شاء مسكها وإن شاء طلقها وإن نوى طلاقها حتما عند انقضاء سفره كره في مثل ذلك وفي صحة النكاح نزاع ولو نوى أنه إذا سافر واعجبته أمسكها وإلا طلقها جاز ذلك فأما أن يشترط التوقيت فهذا نكاح المتعة الذي اتفق الأئمة الأربعة وغيرهم على تحريمه He (Ibn Taymiyyah), may Allah be merciful to him, was asked about a running man, who goes through countries, spending a month or two months in each city, and then leaves it; and he fears that he might commit sin.

So, can he marry during the period of his stay in those cities, divorcing her when he travels and giving her right to her? Or can he not? And is the marriage valid or not? So, he (Ibn Taymiyyah) answered: He can marry. However, he contracts an (outwardly) permanent marriage. He cannot openly disclose any time limit as its condition, so that if he wishes he retains her, and if he wishes he divorces her .

But, if he absolutely intends to divorce her at the end of his journey (in the city), the like of that is disliked ( makruh ), and there is dispute concerning the validity of such marriage. If he intends that when he travels, if he loves her he will retain her, and if otherwise, he will divorce her, that is permissible .