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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Nikah Al-Mut’ah, Zina or Sunnah? Sunni Athar Misused About Mut’ah =================================== There are a few reports in the Sunni books, which some from the Ahl al-Sunnah quote to “prove” that certain Sahabah and Tabi’in later abandoned their positive views of mut’ah . Generally, the views of the Sahabah and others are of zero value in determining the morality and permissibility of anything in Islam.
What matters to a Muslim is only what his Lord says. Of course, Allah has revealed the Verse of al-Mut’ah in His Book, and that ayah is still unabrogated till this very moment. With this fact, nothing else matters to us. Yet, we will look at the reports about the alleged reversal of certain Sahabah and Tabi’in on mut’ah . This is primarily to ensure that history is not distorted. Athar One Imam Abu ‘Awanah (d.
316 H) records: قال يونس قال ابن شهاب وسمعت الربيع بن سبرة يحدث عمر بن عبد العزيز،] وأنا جالس [أنه قال :ما مات ابن عباس حتى رجع عن هذا الفتيا Yusuf – Ibn Shihab: I heard al-Rabi’ b. Sabrah narrating to ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz [while I was sitting]. He said: “ Ibn ‘Abbas did not die until he had withdrawn from this fatwa .”[^1] This report is munqati’ (disconnected), and therefore ḍa’if .
Al-Rabi’ did not hear from Ibn ‘Abbas, even though they were contemporaries; and he did not give the source of his information either. No wonder, ‘Allamah al-Albani (d. 1420 H) declares: وجملة القول: أن ابن عباس رضى الله عنه روى عنه فى المتعة ثلاثة أقوال: الأول: الإباحة مطلقا. الثانى: الإباحة عند الضرورة. والآخر: التحريم مطلقا , وهذا مما لم يثبت عنه صراحة , بخلاف القولين الأولين , فهما ثابتان عنه.
The summary is: three opinions are narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allaah be pleased with him, about mut’ah : The one: he permitted it unconditionally. The second: he permitted it in cases of necessity.
The last: he forbade it unconditionally, but this is from what is NOT authentically transmitted from him , unlike the first two opinions which are authentically transmitted from him.[^2] Al-Hafiẓ too is not left out: وأما ابن عباس فروى عنه أنه أباحها وروى عنه أنه رجع عن ذلك قال ابن بطال روى أهل مكة واليمن عن ابن عباس إباحة المتعة وروى عنه الرجوع بأسانيد ضعيفة وإجازة المتعة عنه أصح وهو مذهب الشيعة As for Ibn ‘Abbas, it is narrated concerning him that he permitted it, and it is also narrated concerning him that he withdrew from that.