The jurists unanimously agree that whoever marries a woman...

The jurists unanimously agree that whoever marries a woman without (openly disclosing) any time limit as a condition, and his intention is to divorce her after a period of time, or after the fulfilment of his need in the town where he resides, then the marriage is valid . But, al-Awza’i disagreed and called it a mut’ah marriage.[^6] Honestly, we find it insulting to Allah and His Messenger, sallallahu ‘alaihi wa alihi , to equate the divinely legislated mut’ah with this Sunni-invented “marriage”.

Their distance, in all ways and manners, is far more than that between the heavens and the earth. So, to do a recap, before the Sunni-invented “marriage” could be valid: (i) the would-be “husband” must never openly disclose any time limit for the proposed marriage to the would-be “wife”; (ii) if he openly discloses to the woman that their “marriage” would only be temporary or for a period of time, then it would be invalid; (iii) however, he is allowed to formulate a time limit for the “marriage” in his mind, and to enforce it; (iv) yet, he must always pretend to the woman that he is permanently “married” to her, and that he has no premeditated intention of ever leaving her; (v) the only problem is the open disclosure of a time…