In response Ibn Abbas said: I think they are perished!

In response Ibn Abbas said: I think they are perished! I say that the Holy Prophet says so and so and he says that Abu Bakr and Umar forbade people from doing it![^9] Sa'ad bin Abi Waqqas Sa'ad bin Abi Waqqas did not accept Umar's opinion either. In his Sunan , Tirmidhi quotes Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Harith bin Nufil as saying: Sa'ad bin Waqqas and Dahhak bin Qays were talking on muta' of hajj.

Dahhak bin Qays said that no one except someone who does not know about shari'a laws does it (mut'a of hajj). Sa'ad said: My nephew! How bad your idea is! Dahhak said: Umar bin Khattab has prohibited it (mut'a of hajj). Sa'ad said: The Messenger of Allah did it and following him we did it too. After quoting this tradition, Tirmidhi says that the chain of this tradition is authentic.[^10] Abu Musa 'Ash'ari Another companion who has refused to accept Umar's opinion is Abu Musa Ash'ari.

In his Musnad , Ahmad says: Abu Musa always decreed that mut'a of hajj was permissible. One day a man addressing him, said: Review some of your decrees, as you do not know that Umar, commander of the faithful has given a new decree concerning hajj rituals! Thereupon, Abu Musa met Umar and asked him about it.

In response, Umar said: I know that the Holy Prophet (s) did it and his companions also, following him, did it, but I did not like Muslims to (leave mut'a of hajj and) make sex with their wives under these arak[^11] trees and then perform hajj rituals while their heads and hairs are wet.[^12] Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari was also among the companions who were opposed to Umar's opinion concerning mut'a of hajj.

Muslim in his Sahih and others have reported the following: Abu Nadra reported: Ibn'Abbas continued to decree that mut'a of hajj was permissible, but Ibn Zubair forbade doing it. I made a mention of it to Jabir b. Abdullih and he said: It is through me that this hadith has been circulated. We entered into the state of Ihram as Tamattu' with the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him).

When 'Umar was Installed as Caliph, he said: Verily Allah made permissible for His Messenger (may peace be upon him) whatever He liked. Quran is revealed for a particular occasion. Now however separate hajj from umra (mut'a of hajj) and leave aside temporary marriage.