Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage Chapter: Conditions of al-Mut‘ah (Advantageous Marriage) َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَعِدَّةٌ ٠ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ لا بُدَّ ٠ِنْ أَنْ تَقُولَ فِي هَذِهِ الشُّرُوطِ أَتَزَوَّجُكِ ٠ُتْعَةً كَذَا وَكَذَا يَوْ٠اً بِكَذَا وَكَذَا دِرْهَ٠اً نِكَاحاً غَيْرَ سِفَاحٍ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَعَلَى أَنْ لا تَرِثِينِي وَلا أَرِثَكِ وَعَلَى أَنْ تَعْتَدِّي خَ٠ْسَةً وَأَرْبَعِينَ يَوْ٠اً وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُ٠2.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn and a number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama‘ah from abu Basir who has said the following: “He (the Imam) (a.s.), has said, ‘It is necessary that in marriage in the manner of al- Mut‘ah (advantageous marriage) and its conditions one must say, “I form marriage with you in the manner of al-Mut‘ah (advantageous marriage) for so and so many days with such and such amount of dirham as mahr (dower), a marriage free of indecency according to the book of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, and the Sunnah of Allah’s Holy prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, that you will not inherit me and I will not inherit you and that you must complete forty- five days of waiting period’” and certain ones have said that it is one cycle of Hayd (menses).” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (20/237))