Temporary marriage and Quranic Argument for it Allah says...
It is said that they used to recite it as under: فما استمتعتم به منهن إلی أجل Then as to those whom you profit by until an appointed time . They used to record this verse as mentioned above in their copies of the Holy Quran. According to this reading, the Holy Quran is very clear about temporary marriage.
Among those who considered this verse as verifying temporary marriage are Abdullah bin Abbas, Ubai bin Ka'ab, Abdullah bin Masud, Jabir bin Abdullah, Abu Sa'aeed Khidri, Sa'aeed bin Jabir, Mujahi, Suddi and Qutada.[^27] Moreover, traditionists have quoted Ibn Abbas as saying three times: By Allah, Allah has revealed this verse in that way. Above all, Qurtubi mentions that according to all scholars this verse is about temporary marriage.
According to him, all have said that this verse is about temporary marriage that was current at the early period of Islam.[^28] Temporary marriage in tradition There are several traditions concerning temporary marriage but we will suffice to narrating only one tradition that is reported from Abdullah bin Mas'ud by Bukhari, Muslim, Ahmad bin Hanbal and others: We used to participate in the holy wars carried on by the Prophet and we had no women (wives) with us. So we said (to the Prophet).
"Shall we castrate ourselves?" But the Prophet forbade us to do that and thenceforth he allowed us to marry a woman (temporarily) by giving her even a garment, and then he recited: یا ایها الذین آمنوا لا تحرموا طیبات ما احل الله لکم و لا تعتدوا ان الله لا یحب المعتدین[^29] "O you who believe! Do not make unlawful the good things which Allah has made lawful for you."[^30] It is however obvious why Ibn Mas'ud has recited this verse after narrating the said tradition.
He did so because he was critical of the man (Umar) who forbade it. Temporary marriage and consensus Muslims unanimously agree that temporary marriage is a kind of marriage.