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Supreme Leader Khamenei on Mutah

Sayyid Ali Khamenei is the current ruler of Iran, and is considered the Supreme Leader by the Shia. There is no person on the earth who is equal in rank to him, according to the Shia. Recently, this Supreme Leader of Iran launched his official website (www.leader.ir), wherein he answers questions and gives Fatwas.

In response to a question about Mutah, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei responded and declared that Mutah (temporary marriage) is not only permissible but rather it is Mustahabb (highly recommended). Ayatollah Khameini said:

“Although mut‘ah marriage is permissible, or rather mustahabb [highly recommended] in our view, it is not obligatory in shar‘[iah].”

(Source: http://www.leader.ir/langs/EN/tree/39/view.php?parent=n6986&catid=39)

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“Rewards for Doing Mutah”

The popular Shia website, Al-Shia.com, has an Arabic section; in it, the site has included an entire book on Mutah, titled “Narrations About the Rewards for Doing Mutah.” This book contains authentic Shia Hadith about Mutah.

Here are some Hadith from that book in the original Arabic (also viewable on that website).

The Shia website can be found here: http://www.al-shia.com/html/ara/index.php

As well as here: http://www.al-shia.com/html/ara/lib/lib.php?id=4&page=5

1. “A man should at bare minimum contract Mutah at least once during his lifetime. ”

2. “For every shower you take after doing Mutah, you will be blessed. For every Mutah you do, you will get a lot of reward.”

3. “It is blame-worthy to avoid doing Mutah because it is part of the Sunnah to engage in Mutah.”

4. “A man may have Mutah with one thousand women.”

5. A woman who lets a man do Mutah with her will have all her sins pardoned. It is narrated by Imam Baqir that the Prophet said, “When I was being taken to Heaven during the Miraj (ascension), Jibraeel met me and told me, ‘O Muhammad, Allah has promised to forgive all the sins of those women who practise Mutah.’”

6. “Punishment for Not Performing Mutah: The people who do Mutah are blessed but those who avoid Mutah are cursed until the Day of Judgement.”

8. “Allah the Exalted and Majestic forbids intoxicants to the Shia; Mutah is the compensation for this.”

9. The Messenger of Allah said, “When he took me to the skies, Jibraeel (a.s) said : ‘O Muhammad, Allah Almighty said: Amongst the women, I will forgive those who make Mutah twice.’”

15. Imam Abu Abdullah (a.s) said: “There is no Mutah without two matters defined: time and named wage.”



More Shia Hadith on Mutah

Mutah refers to “temporary marriage”, in which a man pays a woman a set amount of money in order to “marry” her for as long as he wants. This “marriage” can last as little as one hour. By the dictionary definition, this is nothing but prostitution: a set amount of money is paid for sexual services.

Mutah is not only allowed in the Shia religion, but it is actually actively encouraged. Al-Kafi is the most reliable of the four Shia books of Hadith. Here are some Hadith from that book; it should be noted that the Ahlus Sunnah rejects these Hadith as Shia fabrications:

1. The Prophet said, “The man who contracts Mutah once will be saved from the Hellfire. One who contracts it twice will be in the company of virtuous men [in Paradise]. And the one who contracts it three times will be my companion in the highest level of Paradise.” (Al-Kafi)

2. The Prophet said, “The men and women who die without performing Mutah even once in their lives will appear on the Day of Judgment with their ears and nose cut and [their faces] deformed.” (Al-Kafi)

3. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq narrated from the Prophet that “one third of the body is saved from the Hellfire if one contracts mutah once. Two thirds of the body is saved if one contracts Mutah twice, and the whole body is saved from Hell if one contracts Mutah three times.” (Al-Kafi)

4. It is narrated that once the Prophet was sitting among his companions and the discussion came to the topic of mutah. The Prophet said, “Do you know what is the reward of mutah?” The companions answered, “No,” The Prophet then said, “Jibraeel just came to me and said, ‘0 Muhammad, Allah sends His blessings to you and commands you to instruct your Ummah to engage in the practice of Mutah since this is the practice of [Allah’s] virtuous servants.” (Al-Kafi)

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'Pleasure marriages' regain popularity in Iraq

By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY - 5/4/2005 8:05 PM

BAGHDAD — In the days when it could land him in jail, Rahim Al-Zaidi would whisper details of his muta'a only to his closest confidants and the occasional cousin. Never his wife.

Al-Zaidi hopes to soon finalize his third muta'a, or "pleasure marriage," with a green-eyed neighbor. This time, he talks about it openly and with obvious relish. Even so, he says, he probably still won't tell his wife.

The 1,400-year-old practice of muta'a— "ecstasy" in Arabic — is as old as Islam itself. It was permitted by the prophet Mohammed as a way to ensure a respectable means of income for widowed women.

Pleasure marriages were outlawed under Saddam Hussein but have begun to flourish again. The contracts, lasting anywhere from one hour to 10 years, generally stipulate that the man will pay the woman in exchange for sexual intimacy. Now some Iraqi clerics and women's rights activists are complaining that the contracts have become less a mechanism for taking care of widows than an outlet for male sexual desires.

The renaissance of the pleasure marriage coincides with a revival of other Shiite traditions long suppressed by the former regime. Interest in Shiite customs has accelerated since Shiite parties swept Jan. 30 elections to become the biggest bloc in the new National Assembly.

"Under Saddam, we were very scared," says Al-Zaidi, 39, a lawyer from Sadr City, a sprawling Shiite neighborhood in eastern Baghdad. "They would punish people. Now, all my friends are doing it."

A turbaned Shiite cleric who issues wedding permits from a street-side counter in Sadr City says he encourages permanent marriages but gives the OK for pleasure marriages when there are "special reasons." The cleric, Sayid Kareem As-Sayid Abdullah Al-Mousawi, says he grants licenses for muta'a in cases where the woman is widowed or divorced, or for single women who have approval from their fathers.

Shiites, Sunnis split

"Clerics who blessed them were hounded by security during the previous regime," he says. "I can assure you, these (muta'a) marriages are flourishing in (Shiite cities) Najaf, Karbala and Kadhamiya in an amazing way. There are a lot of hotels (patronized) by Shiites who approve of such marriages."

Shiites and Sunnis both permit men to take more than one permanent wife, but the rival branches of Islam are deeply split over pleasure marriages.

Most Shiite scholars today consider it halal, or religiously legal. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the highest religious authority in Shiite Islam, sets conditions and obligations for muta'a on his Web site. ("A woman with whom temporary marriage is contracted is not entitled to share the conjugal bed of her husband and does not inherit from him ...")

Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and other Shiite lawmakers have said they want Iraq's new constitution to use the sharia, or Islamic law, as its basis. That could give muta'a formal legal protection. Sunni Arabs and Kurds, who are mainly Sunni, oppose the idea. But the practice is growing among Sunnis and Shiites alike.

Sunni scholars fear that giving official sanction to pleasure marriages — many of which are only verbal agreements between the couple — are little more than legalized prostitution that could lead to a collapse of moral values, especially among young people.

"We have reports about one-hour pleasure marriages that are flourishing among students," says Sheik Ali Al-Mashhadani, a Sunni imam at the Ibn Taimiya mosque in Baghdad. "I'm advising parents to watch their sons very carefully, particularly those who are in the colleges and universities."

Short-term marriages were considered idolatry by Saddam's ruling Baath Party in the 1970s and '80s, says Kamal Hamdul, president of the Iraqi Bar Association. Muta'a were punishable by fines or prison, he says. Couples took the practice underground, meeting in out-of-the-way apartments and hotels — and rarely telling even family members.

Pleasure marriages began to resurface after the fall of Baghdad in 2003. One reason is that Shiites, 60% of Iraq's population, have a greater ability to shape social mores than they did under Saddam, a Sunni Arab whose top aides were also Sunnis.

Payments to women vary

A woman agreeing to a pleasure marriage that involves a one-time encounter might be able to count on about $100. For a muta'a that runs longer, she might be paid $200 a month, though the amounts vary widely and can depend on whether she has children.

Zeinab Ahmed, 31, lost her husband in a car accident five years ago. She says she has considered entering into a muta'a contract with a man, but the stigma attached has kept her from doing so.

"All my friends who have done this have told me they got married in this way just to meet their sexual desires," Ahmed says, "but later on they started to love that man, and he does not accept to get married permanently. ... Most of the men, at the end of the contract, they feel contempt towards the woman."

Contracts for pleasure marriage strongly favor men.

Married women can't enter a muta'a, although a married man can. Men can void the contract at any time; women don't have that option unless it's negotiated at the outset. The couple agrees not to have children. A woman who unintentionally gets pregnant can have an abortion but must then pay a fine to a cleric.

Women's rights activists are concerned. Salama Al-Khafaji, a Shiite lawmaker who supports the concept of sharia law but advocates for women's rights, calls the re-emergence of muta'a an "unhealthy phenomenon."

With the right intentions, she says, muta'a can serve the noble purpose of helping divorced and widowed women. But too many men are using temporary marriages to exploit women for sex, she says. Her solution is to reinforce the importance of permanent marriages with work programs for newlywed couples and education campaigns.

"A woman who practices muta'a does not usually feel comfortable about it," Al-Khafaji says. "People these days are creating excuses to practice these acts."

Al-Mousawi, the Shiite cleric, says the practice of pleasure marriages is open to abuse and misinterpretation. He says he is particularly troubled by kiss-and-tell men. "After they've finished with the woman, they've told their friends about her beauty and given a description of her body, which is something absolutely unacceptable in Islam," he says.

Al-Zaidi, the Sadr City lawyer, says his motivations are spiritual. In 2002, he says he persuaded a Sunni widow to enter into a one-year muta'a with him, even though at first she refused.

To him, pleasure marriages are legitimate in God's eyes. They bring responsibility and formality to what would otherwise be squalid and sinful, he says. "There is a noble goal in this kind of marriage," says Al-Zaidi, still married to his first wife and has five children. "It's to eradicate moral corruption."

In the past, some muta'a contracts have been struck when permanent, legal marriages were not possible.

Ayad Muhammed Ali fell in love eight years ago with a woman who walked into his Baghdad tailor shop. She was a widow with two young sons whose husband, a member of an underground group outlawed by Saddam, had been executed by Saddam's men. The woman also was richer than Ali, so her family would never have consented to a legal marriage.

The lovers agreed to a yearlong muta'a in 1993 and have renewed their contract every year since, he says. In the decade after their muta'a, the couple never dared meet in the open. In April 2003, the month U.S. forces swept into the capital, they began meeting in public places for the first time, he says.

"I was always so afraid someone would find out and I'd go to prison," says Ali, 29. "Now, I'm not afraid. My only fear is her family."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-05-04-pleasure-marriage_x.htm

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Fatwas: Permission of Wali Not Required for Mutah; Shia Guy Can Take Sunni Girl in Mutah

Ayatollah Fadlullah is the spiritual leader of Hizbollah, revered by the Shia in Lebanon and worldwide. We find the following fatwa on his official website:
Conditions of temporary marriage

Q: What are The Conditions of Temporary marriage and what is the wording of the contract?

A: …It is allowed to conclude a temporary marriage with a virgin if she is an adult, since she has the right to wed herself without the permission of her guardian, but other considerations should be taken into account – like bad reputation the girl might acquire or that she might put herself in a dangerous situation, since it is illegal to endanger oneself in Islamic law even if it were in marriage…

(source: Ayatollah Fadlullah’s official website,
http://english.bayynat.org.lb/QA/1a.htm#Conditions%20of%20temporary%20marriage)

He was also asked the following question, to which he answered:

Temporary Marriage

Q: Is it permissible to conclude a contract with a girl that is 18 years old and that supports herself financially?

A: It is permissible, in case she is rational.

(source: Ayatollah Fadlullah’s official website,
http://english.bayynat.org.lb/QA/1a.htm#Conditions%20of%20temporary%20marriage)

There has been an increasing number of older Shia men who prey on young Sunni girls and get them to enter into Mutah. This is sanctioned by the Shia scholars who say that the permission of the girl is not required to take her in Mutah! Truly, the Sunni masses should be made aware of this threat.

We read the following fatwa on Imam Rohani’s official website:

Question:

I know a virgin Sunni girl. Is it permissible to perfom Mutah with her without permission of her Wali? To have a talk (with her) without sex?

Answer:

It is permissible without permission of the Wali, with or without penetration. (i.e. sex)

(source: Imam Rohani’s official website,
http://www.imamrohani.com/fatwa-ar/viewtopic.php?t=1585&sid=636359d0ff787b20f81975c855c2c475)

This is a truly dangerous religion, and parents should be made aware of this Shia threat to the honor of Sunni girls. May Allah protect our women, as well as the women of the Shia who are also susceptible to being exploited by their Shia men. These Shia men can literally take away girls and have Mutah with them, without even the permission of the girl’s parents. And not only this, but these men believe themselves to be rewarded for this act of Mutah.

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Ayatollah and Mutah

Ayatollah Khomeini, the spiritual head of Iran, declared:

“It is permissible to engage in Mutah with a fornicator but with a disliking in one’s heart, especially if she is a well known and professional fornicator. When a person contracts Mutah with her, he should advise her to quit the profession of fornication.”

(source: Tahreer al-Waseelah, Najaf: Matb’ah al-Adab)

The Shia website, Al-Islam.org, backs this opinion and says:

“If a man should contract a temporary marriage with a fornicatress, it is his duty to command her not to perform adultery. But this is not a necessary condition of the marriage…”

(source: http://www.al-islam.org/al-serat/muta/3.htm)

The moral implications of this statement are astonishing. In other words, a man can have sex with a fornicatress. After he’s done having sex with her, he should advise her not to have sex too much? The sheer hypocrisy of this is not lost on the unbiased observor.

The leaders of a religion should be the most pious and righteous amongst the people. Ayatollah Khomeini is considered the Wilayat Mutlaqah, or the Absolute Authority from Allah. He is the sole representative of the Hidden Imam. Our question is simple: would the Absolute Authority from Allah actually say such immoral things?

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Grand Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwa: Virgin Girls Can Do Mutah

Question : I know a virgin girl… can I do the Mut`ah with her?

Answer : Any relationship with girl with out[side] legal marriage contract is haram and impermissible, while Mut`ah is permissible provided her guardian’s permission like her father or her grandfather…

(source: Grand Ayatollah Sistani’s official website,
http://www.sistani.org/html/eng/menu/4/?lang=eng&view=d&code=93&page=1)


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Grand Ayatollah Sistani on the Only Difference between Mutah and a “One Night Stand”

Q: Can you explain the difference between muta and one night stand that takes place in western cultures?

A: It is the very difference between Islamic marriage and friends having sex.

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Shia Hadith: Woman Who Does Mutah Twice Will Become Pure

The Shia book “Mugni”, written by the esteemed Shia scholar Ali ibn Husayn ibn Babaveyh Al Qummi, contains the following narration:

From Rasool-Allah: Jibraeel told me, “Ya Muhammad, Allah said: ‘I will forgive a woman from your Ummah who has engaged in Mutah twice.’” (”Mugni”, Ali ibn Husayn ibn Babaveyh Al Qummi, see scan above)

The popular Shia website, Al-Shia.com, has included an entire book on Mutah, entitled “Narrations About the Rewards for Doing Mutah.” This book contains authentic Shia Hadith about Mutah.

In it, we find the following Shia Hadith:

A woman who lets a man do Mutah with her will have all her sins pardoned. It is narrated by Imam Baqir that the Prophet said, “When I was being taken to Heaven during the Miraj (ascension), Jibraeel met me and told me, ‘O Muhammad, Allah has promised to forgive all the sins of those women who practise Mutah.’”

(source: Al-Shia.com,
http://www.al-shia.com/html/ara/index.php,
http://www.al-shia.com/html/ara/lib/lib.php?id=4&page=5)

Logic tells us that any man who believes in this would then give his daughters or sisters in Mutah, in the hopes that they be forgiven and be made pure. Yet, we will not find a single Shia who debates with us that is willing to give his daughter in Mutah. This question seems crude, but perhaps it is the only way to test a man’s belief. The truth is that the Shia masses have a hard time swallowing the concept of Mutah, and they force themselves to rationalize it just so that they can hold onto the belief system they were born with. But when it comes time to “walk the walk”, few are willing to put these beliefs into action. This proves their latent disbelief. Anyone who truly believed in this Shia concept would love to give his daughters or sisters in Mutah, and yet we will never find anyone willing to do this.

It seems that the Shia religion is immoral, and it advocates the exploitation of women via the institution of prostitution. Here, we see the deviant idea that women who give themselves in sexual pleasure to men (the definition of Mutah is literally “pleasure”) will be made pure and forgiven their sins. We wonder: how could fornication and prostitution make anyone pure? Logic tells us that it is nothing but an immoral act.

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# Mutah is Haram

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Shia Claims

Most Shia of today have a hard time self-justifying the concept of Mutah. In fact, it is a point which causes many of them to doubt their faith, and rightfully so. It is sad that the Shia elders use false rhetoric to demand that their followers reject logic and morality, to instead blindly accept the idea that prostitution is part of Islam. These Shia leaders will make emphatic arguments such as this:
“The did Mutah, and he not only allowed it, but actively encouraged it! We must obey the in all matters, and we cannot disagree with him based on our own opinions. If the did it, then surely we should do it. Whoever says that Mutah is disgusting is saying that the is disgusting.”

And some Shia will even go a step further and falsely claim:

“Mutah is even allowed in Sunni Hadith. The only reason Sunnis do not do Mutah is because the second Caliph, Umar, banned Mutah against the orders of the.” Then, the Shia will procure Sunni Hadith which say that the allowed Mutah.”

Mutah Forbidden in Stages

The reality is that Mutah was permissible in the early days of Islam, but was eventually banned categorically by the. This is very similar to wine, which was at first permissible in Islam, and it was only later in time that the forbade it. The prohibitions against wine were expounded slowly over a period of time. In the beginning, drinking wine was permissible and many of the Sahabah did it. Then, the Quran declared that wine was harmful and bad. After some more time, the Quran forbade approaching prayer whilst drunk. After the people had become accustomed to this, it was only then that they were ready so that Allah and His Messenger completely forbade wine.

Why did the first allow wine and then later forbid it? This was only because Islam was revealed in stages, and the faith was going through a transitional period, with the Shariah being expounded during the life-span of the Prophet. If the had not banned wine in stages, and instead had he simply banned wine immediately, it would have been very hard for the early Muslims who were accustomed to wine-drinking, which was a hobby of the pagan Arabs. Many of them were early converts and their faith was weak. They had an addiction to wine, and many of them would become apostates if wine was suddenly banned outright. So, the banned wine in gradual stages so that it was easier on the people.

Likewise, Mutah was a hobby of the pagan Arabs. Hence, it was not forbidden in the beginning. This is because Islam was in a transitional stage. The initially allowed Mutah on a few occassions because there were many new converts to Islam who had weak faith. They were often in times of war away from their wives, in which their desires got the best of them since they were not accustomed to the chastity of Islam. In order to prevent the apostacy of these new converts over the issue of Mutah, the did not forbid Mutah immediately. (And these are the Hadith which the Shia quote to “prove” that Sunnis believe in the permissibility of Mutah.)

Once the Muslims became stronger in faith, the categorically banned the practise of Mutah.

Hadith Forbidding Mutah

The Hadith forbidding Mutah are considered Mutawattir, meaning that they have been transmitted so many times and by so many people that there is no doubt as to their authenticity. We are but a few of the many Hadith in which the banned Mutah:

The said:

“O people, I had permitted you Mutah before, [but now] whoever of you has any part in it currently must part with her, and do not take back anything which you may have given them, as Allah Exalted and Majestic has forbidden it until the day of resurrection.” [Muslim, Abu Dawood, Ibn Majah, Nasa`i, and Darimi]

Ali said:

“The Messenger of Allah had forbidden Mutah on the day of Khaybar and had forbidden the eating of the meat of domestic camels.” [Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmizy, Ibn Majah, Nasa`i, Tahawy, Shafi’i, Bayhaqy, and Hazimy]

Ali said to a man who was engaging in Mutah:

“You are a straying person, the Messenger of Allah has forbidden temporary marriage and the meat of domestic camels on the day of Khaybar.” [Muslim and Bayhaqy]

A man called Rabee’ Bin Sabra said to Umar bin Abdul Aziz:

“I testify that according to my father that it happened that the Messenger of Allah had forbidden it [Mutah] on the farewell pilgrimage.” [Abu Dawood and Imam Ahmad]

According to Abu Huraira:

The Messenger of Allah had forbidden or abolished temporary marriage, its marriage and its divorce, its waiting period, and its inheritance. [DarQutny, Ishaq Bin Rahwiya, and Ibn Habban]

When Ali was given the Caliphate, he thanked Allah Most High and praised Him and said:

“O people, the Messenger of Allah had permitted Mutah three times then forbade it. I swear by Allah, ready to fulfil my oath, that if I find any person who engages in temporary marriage without having ratified this with a proper marriage, I will have him lashed 100 stripes unless he can bring two witnesses to prove that the Messenger had permitted it after forbidding it.” [Ibn Majah]

Imam Muslim has narrated that according to Mohammad Bin Abdullah Bin Numayr who said:

“My father had narrated to us according to Ubaidullah according to Ibn shahab according to Alhassan and Abdullah the sons of Mohammad bin Ali according to their father according to Ali that he heard Ibn Abbas being lenient towards temporary marriage, so he said, ‘wait Ibn Abbas, the Messenger of Allah had forbidden it on the day of Khaybar when he also prohibited the meat of domestic camels.’” [Sahih Muslim]

Narrated Salama bin Al-Akwa:

“In the year of Autas, Allah’s Messenger permitted a temporary marriage for three nights, but he prohibited it afterwards.” [Sahih Muslim]

Narrated Ali:

“Allah’s Messenger forbade the temporary marriage in the year of Khaybar.” [Sahih Muslim and Sahih Bukhari]

Narrated Ali:

“At the battle of Khaybar, the Prophet forbade the temporary marriage (i.e Mutah) of women, and the eating of the flesh of domestic asses.” [Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Ahmad, An-Nasa’i, At-Termidhi and Ibn Majah have all collected it]

It was narrated from Ali that:

The Messenger of Allah forbade Mutah marriage and the meat of domestic donkeys at the time of Khaybar. According to another report, he forbade Mutah marriage at the time of Khaybar and he forbade the meat of tame donkeys. [Narrated by Bukhari, 3979; Muslim, 1407.]

It was narrated from al-Rabee’ ibn Sabrah al-Juhanithat his father told him that he was with the Messenger of Allah who said:

“O people, I used to allow you to engage in Mutah marriages, but now Allah has forbidden that until the Day of Resurrection, so whoever has any wives in a Mutah marriage, he should let her go and do not take anything of the (money) you have given them.” [Narrated by Muslim, 1406.]

Sabrah bin Ma’ bad al-Jihani reported:

“I went forth with the Prophet for the conquest of Mecca, and he allowed us Mutah with women. But we had not even left the city [yet] when it was prohibited by the Messenger of Allah.”

The Shorter Encyclopedia of Islam

The Shorter Encyclopedia of Islam also states that Mutah was a common practice among Arab travelers and goes back to the fourth century:

“When a stranger came to a village and had no place to stay, he would marry a woman for a short time so that she would be his partner in bed and take care of his property.”

Caetani also concluded that Mutah in the pagan period was religious prostitution that took place during the occasion of pilgramage.

Thus, Mutah was a loose sexual practice during the pre-Islamic days of ignorance in Arabia. Being an old and established institution, it continued during the early days of Islam. The also allowed it temporarily on two other occasions, but only under strict, exceptional conditions during the conquest of Khaybar and during the conquest of Mecca - fearing that those Muslims whose faith was not yet strong might commit adultery during Jihad.

The Shia widely quote Hadith in relation to these events to support their continued belief in Mutah. Sunnis accept these Hadith but add that they happened before all of the revelations of the Quran were revealed and the religion completed. Historians and commentators on the Quran and Hadith agree that Islam eradicated most social evils in a gradual way. It is well known that practices like gambling, drinking, and the eating of pork and blood were common during the early days but were gradually prohibited. Likewise, it seems probable that Mutah was first forbidden to those at Khaybar in the year 7 A.H. and was then completely prohibited to all upon the conquest of Mecca in 8 A.H.

Umar Did Not Invent the Ruling on Mutah
The Shia claim that it was Umar who forbade the practice of Mutah and that Mutah was openly practiced during the lifetimes of the and Abu Bakr. In fact, Sunnis acknowledge that Umar again declared Mutah to be illegal, but they also state that he did not make the ruling from himself. He was merely reiterating the words of the.

Umar was elected Caliph just two and a half years after the Prophet’s death. Present around him were the respected family members and noble companions of the. Had Umar’s declaration been contrary to the Prophet’s practice, a number of these noble people would have objected to it. Yet, nowhere in Islamic history is recorded a single protest against his announcement.

Furthermore, since Umar was later succeeded by Uthman and then by Ali, had Umar’s statements been contrary to the ruling of the at least one of them would have reestablished the sanctity of Mutah. Again, there are no records of such abrogation. Oddly enough, the Shia believe that Ali left behind a voluminous book, Nahjul Balagha, wherein he presented various aspects of Islam and the Muslim state. However, not a single word in favor of Mutah is mentioned in it. Had Umar been wrong in forbidding Mutah, nothing would have prevented Ali from condemning it in his writings.

After the Prophet’s death, there were some people who were unaware of the prohibition of Mutah and thus allowed it. Ibn Abbas was one such individual, but he later recanted on this position after Ali corrected him. The Shia bring up Ibn Abbas to somehow prove that Mutah is Halal. How can this lone opinion of one Sahabah go against the sayings of the? Ibn Abbas made a sincere mistake, and the reliable reports indicate that he corrected his position later on.

The fact is that in the end the forbade Mutah. Perhaps some people might not have been aware of its prohibition and subsequently contracted it after the Prophet’s death; however, when Umar found out about it, he made another public declaration against it and enforced the ruling as the Caliph and head of the Islamic state. Abu Bakr demanded the people to give Zakat when he became Caliph; does any rational mind claim that it was Abu Bakr who invented the obligation of Zakat? There were even some Companions who were of the opinion that Abu Bakr should be lenient towards those Zakat evaders, and yet Abu Bakr rejected these calls for lenience. Likewise, there were some people who were lenient towards Mutah, especially in light of the fact that there were many new converts in a fast-growing empire, but Umar rejected these calls for lenience and instead called for the rigid implementation of the Shariah.

Shia Propaganda

The Shia will produce obscure sources to “prove” their claim that it was Umar who forbade Mutah, and not the. As is typical with the Shia, such obscure sources suddenly become the “authoratative Sunni book”–despite the fact that these are obscure and unreliable sources, and oftentimes these are books written by Shia scholars and have absolutely nothing to do with the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah.

It is possible that the disagreement surrounding temporary marriage–both back then after the Prophet’s death and now with our debates with the Shia–revolves around people confusing two homonyms in the Arabic language. “Mutah” is used in two ways:

1) Mutah Al-Nisa: temporary marriage with women
2) Mutah Al-Hajj: A type of religious pilgramage in which one performs a modified version of Umrah and Hajj. The more common name for this type of pilgramage is tamattu’ (and hence the confusion).

Mutah Al-Nisa translates to “pleasure of the women” and this needs no explanation. As for Mutah Al-Hajj, this refers to the pleasure of this modified form of pilgramage. In Mutah Al-Hajj, the allowed relaxation of the Ihram and other duties, thereby making the pilgramage more enjoyable and pleasurable to the believer. It is for this reason that it is referred to as Mutah Al-Hajj.

Many of the Hadith that the Shia bring up that use the word “Mutah” are actually referring to Mutah Al-Hajj, and have nothing to do with Mutah Al-Nisa. Thus, a Sunni follower should not be caught off-guard when the Shia propagandists take Hadith out of context, pretending it refers to Mutah Al-Nisa when it really refers to Mutah Al-Hajj. In any case, there are an overwhelming number of Hadith which forbid Mutah Al-Nisa, and the lone opinion of a Sahabah cannot possibly change this opinion. And even this lone opinion stated that Mutah is Makrouh (highly detestable) and only permissible in dire situations of need, unlike the Shia opinion which is that Mutah is Mustahabb (highly recommended) at all times.

We wonder why the Shia even try to justify Mutah by showing that it is even allowed in Sunni Hadith? How does this in any way change the situation? Temporary marriage is immoral. If the Sunnis also believe in Mutah, then it simply means that the Sunnis are immoral too. It does not absolve the Shia from the immoral nature of his own religion which allows Mutah. We hope that the Shia can understand this: proving the Ahlus Sunnah incorrect does not automatically prove the Shia correct. If we agree with the fallacious argument that Sunni Islam also allows Mutah, then we are simply agreeing that both Sunni and Shia religions are immoral. Generally speaking, in the adult world, proving someone else wrong does not prove oneself correct. For example, if the Shia said that 2 plus 2 equals 8, the Shia would not prove themselves correct by showing that the Sunnis were wrong by claiming that 2 plus 2 equals 30.

Furthermore, at most the Shia would be able to say that the Sunni Hadith allows for Mutah only in dire situations of need and that it is Makrouh (highly detestable). (To say even this is a stretch from the truth, since the Ahlus Sunnah forbids Mutah in all circumstances.) On the contrary, the Shia Fiqh encourages Mutah and believes it to be Mutahabb (highly recommended), promising sins to be forgiven to the one who practices it and other such things. Thus, no matter what, the Shia propagandist must explain why his Shia Imams would glorify this hideous institution to the point that they claim that the said:

“The man who contracts Mutah once will be saved from the Hellfire. One who contracts it twice will be in the company of virtuous men [in Paradise]. And the one who contracts it three times will be my companion in the highest level of Paradise.” (Al-Kafi)

And there are many more Shia Hadith in this regards. It should be noted that there is a world of difference between accepting Mutah as a dire necessity on the one hand and on the other saying that it is a great deed of piety. At the most the Shia could claim that the Sunnis allow Mutah but consider it Makrouh (highly detestable) whereas the Shia believe it to be Mustahabb (highly recommended). Thereby, proving Mutah from Sunni sources does not absolve the Shia from explaining the moral lapse in the Shia Imams who would declare such an act to be highly recommended.

Conclusion

The fact of the matter is that the Ahlus Sunnah considers Mutah to be Haram (forbidden), and believes this prohibition to be from the. It is upto the Shia follower to slander the by saying that he would allow such a practise to continue. As for the Shia trying to prove that Mutah is Halal even in Sunni Fiqh, we could just as easily prohibit Mutah in the Shia Fiqh by playing around with their Hadith; if one tries hard enough, it is possible to declare anything Halal or Haram with enough word games and singular Hadith out of context. The bottom line, however, is that the Ahlus Sunnah forbids Mutah and the Shia allow it. Now it is upto the Shia to deal with the reprocussions of this, and so they should not be surprised when we question the moral nature of the institution they believe in.

The position of the Ahlus Sunnah on the illegality of Mutah is very clear and definitive: nonetheless, we will be forced to endure the broken record players that incessantly repeat that the encouraged Mutah. No matter how many times the Shia claim this, it simply is not true. The fact of the matter is that this argument by the Shia is simply a smoke-screen to hide their guilt over the abundance of their Imam’s sayings which advocate prostitution.

By: Ibn al-Hashimi, http://www.ahlelbayt.com/

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# The Fiqh of Mutah

Mutah is Arabic word which means “enjoyment” or “pleasure.” It refers to the Shia belief in “temporary marriage” in which a man pays a woman and it becomes permissible for the man to have sexual relations with her for a fixed period of time.

The following are Shia Hadith from the most important of the four Shia books of Hadith, Al-Kafi. It is abundantly clear that these so-called Hadith advocate prostitution and Zinnah, and go against the chastity that is a central tenet of true Islam.

1. No Divorce or Inheritance Involved in Mutah:
The narrator asked Imam Baqir about the women of Mutah. The Imam said, “She is not among those four [women classified as wives] because she neither needs a divorce, nor is [a child born of her] entitled to any inheritance. She is like a hired woman.” (Al-Kafi)

2. No Need for Witnesses or Open Declaration of Mutah:
“There is no need for witnesses or any open declaration in Mutah.” (Al-Kafi)

3. The Price of Mutah:
The narrator asked Imam Jafar as-Sadiq, “What should be the minimum compensation for Mutah?” The Imam said, “Anything that the two parties agree upon.” (Al-Kafi)

4. The Inexpensiveness of Mutah:
The narrator asked Imam Jafar as-Sadiq what the minimum compensation for Mutah could be, and he answered, “One fistful of wheat.” (Al-Kafi)

5. The Least Costly Mutah:
“Mutah is a marriage that may last for a very short time. It needs no witnesses, and it has no period of ‘iddah. The minimum compensation that could be paid to the woman for sexual relations is one dirham.” (Al-Kafi)

6. The Convenience of Mutah:
Aban bin Tughlaq related that he said to Imam Jafar as-Sadiq, “Often during my travels I come across a very beautiful woman and am not sure if she has a husband or if she is an adulteress or if she is one of dubious character,” The imam responded, “Why should you worry about all of these things? Your duty is to believe what she engage in Mutah with her.” (Al-Kafi)

7. Mutah is Allowed with Women of Dubious Character:
The narrator asked Imam Jafar as-Sadiq, “In al-Kufa there is a woman known for her dubious character. Can I engage in Mutah with her?” The imam said, “Yes, you may engage in Mutah with her.” (Al-Kafi)

8. Mutah with Numerous Women:
Zararah said, “I asked the Imam with how many different girls one can contract Mutah. He answered, ‘with as many as one likes. These women are like hired girls.’” (Al-Kafi)

9. Numerous Sexual Gratifications in Mutah:
“One my have sexual relations with the woman contracted for Mutah any number of times he desires.” (Al-Kafi)

10. An Open License with All Women:
“Mutah is allowed with all types of women. She may be a virgin, married, widowed or may belong to any sect, group or religion. She may be a Christian, Jew or Muslim. However, Mutah with a Majusi (Magian) woman is permissible only when one is helpless.” (Al-Kafi)

11. Mutah with One Thousand Women:
“If one desires, he may have Mutah with one thousand women since these are like hired women.” (Al-Kafi)

12. Mutah with a Young Girl:
Jameel bin ad-Dari said that he asked Imam Jafar as-Sadiq if Mutah was permissible with a virgin girl. The Imam said, “There is no harm in it if the girl is not too young. However, all of the collectors of hadith agree that a nine-year-old girl is not considered too young.” (Al-Kafi)

13. The Commission of Mutah:
Ali asked the Prophet: “What is the reward of the person who participates in the virtuous deed of arranging the mutual meetings of a man and woman?” The Prophet said, “He will receive the same reward as the two who engage in Mutah.” (Al-Kafi)

14. Blessings of Mutah:
The Prophet said, “The man who contracts Mutah once will be saved from the Hellfire. One who contracts it twice will be in the company of virtuous men [in Paradise]. And the one who contracts it three times will be my companion in Firdos [the highest level of Paradise].” (Al-Kafi)

15. Mutah - A Blessing from Allah:
No one can close the door of blessings which Allah opens for His servants, Imam Jafar as-Sadiq said, “Mutah is one of the blessings of Allah.” (Al-Kafi)

16. Mutah - A Security for Paradise:
“If a man contracts Mutah once in his lifetime, Allah will grant him Paradise.” (Al-Kafi)

17. Mutah - A Savior from Shirk:
“He who contracts Mutah is saved from Shirk.” (Al-Kafi)

18. Mutah - A Pardon from All Sins:

“When a person engages in Mutah, all of his private talking to the woman is recorded as virtues. When he extends his arms towards the woman, this is also written as virtue. When he engages in the sexual act with the woman, Allah forgives all of his sins. When the two take a bath, Allah showers His blessings upon them and forgives their sins equal to the amount of hair [on their bodies].” The narrator inquired in surprise, “Equal to the amount of hair on their bodies?” The imam replied, “Yes, for every one single hair [wet by the water]. But their reward is reduced by the amount of hair that may not be wet.” (Al-Kafi)

19. Mutah - A Pardon of Sins for Practicing Women:
It is narrated by Imam Baqir that the Prophet said, “When I was being taken to Heaven during the Mi’raj (ascension), Jibraeel met me and told me, ‘0 Muhammad, Allah has promised to forgive all of the sins of those women who practice Mutah.’” (Al-Kafi)

20. Denying Belief in Mutah:
“One who does not believe that we (i.e., the Infallible Imams) will reappear and rule and one who does not believe in the sanctity of Mutah is not from among us.” (Al-Kafi)

21. Punishment for Not Performing Mutah:
The Prophet said, “The men and women who die without performing Mutah even once in their lives will appear on the Day of Judgment with their ears and nose cut and [their faces] deformed.” (Al-Kafi)

22. Mutah - A Safeguard Against the Hellfire:
Imam Jafar as-Sadiq narrated from the Prophet that “one third of the body is saved from the Hellfire if one contracts Mutah once. Two thirds of the body is saved if one contracts Mutah twice, and the whole body is saved from Hell if one contracts Mutah three times.” (Al-Kafi)

23. Mutah - A Deed of Allah’s Virtuous Servants
It is narrated that once the Prophet was sitting among his companions and the discussion came to the topic of Mutah. The Prophet said, “Do you know what is the reward of Mutah?” The companions answered, “No,” The Prophet then said, “Jibraeel just came to me and said, ‘0 Muhammad, Allah sends His blessings to you and commands you to instruct your ummah to engage in the practice of Mutah since this is the practice of [Allah’s] virtuous servants.’” (Al-Kafi)

24. Mutah - A Ladder to the Stages of Piety:
“One who engages in Mutah once attains the status of Imam al-Hussain. One who engages in it twice becomes equal in status to Imam al-Hasan. The one who performs it three times reaches the position of Imam Ali. And he who practices it four times acquires the level and position [equal to that] of the Prophet.” (Al-Kafi)

25. Great Reward for Women Who Does Mutah For Free:
“For the woman who donates back her compensation to the person who contracts Mutah with her and for the woman who foregoes her dowry, Allah will reward her with 40,000 cities of light and 70,000 dresses of velvet and silk brocade…And Allah will reward her with 70,000 more dresses from Heaven for each quarter of a dirham she donates back… And for each quarter of a dirham Allah will also assign 1,000 angels who will continue writing virtues in her account until the Day of Judgment.” (Al-Kafi)

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# Mutah

“Mutah” translates literally to “pleasure” in Arabic. In the Shia context, Mutah refers to a “temporary marriage.” A man pays a woman a sum of money (i.e. a so-called “dowry”) and he can have sexual relations with her for however long they agree for in the Mutah contract. The Mutah time period can be as little as one night, or even one hour–enough time for the man to do the sexual act. For all intents and purposes, Mutah is prostitution: a man pays a sum of money in order to have sexual relations with a woman.

Mutah is considered permissible in the Shia faith. It is completely rejected by the mainstream Muslims (i.e. the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah). The Shia Ayatollahs slander the Prophet by arguing that he encouraged Mutah, whereas the Ahlus Sunnah valiantly rejects such blasphemy and adamantly holds that the Prophet categorically forbade Mutah.

Shi’ism not only allows Mutah but actively encourages it. Naturally, many Shia apologetics have a hard time accounting for this; oftentimes, the Shia laity themselves (especially the women) are in denial as to their own beliefs. The fact is that Shi’ism not only allows Mutah, but it actively encourages it and even forbids anyone from saying that Mutah is wrong. According to Shi’ism, the more Mutah a man engages in, the more reward he supposedly gets. Any person who does not believe in Mutah is considered to be a Kaafir (disbeliever) by the Shia Ulema. There is no debate on this amongst the Shia Ulema, and there is Ijma (consensus) amongst them on the Kufr of denying Mutah.

Al-Kafi is one of the four Shia books of Hadith; of the four, it is considered the most authoratative and authentic. We read one such Sahih Hadith, in which the Imam says:

“One who engages in Mutah once in his lifetime reaches the status of Imam Al-Hussain. One who engages in it twice becomes equal in status to Imam Al-Hasan. The one who performs it three times reaches the position of Imam Ali. And he who practices it four times acquires the level and position of the Prophet Muhammad.”
(Furoo al-Kafi)

This is pure blasphemy to say that all a man has to do to get to the level and position of the Prophet is to have Mutah with four women. To say that a man who engages in prostitution can in any way, shape, or form be compared to the Prophet is heresy.

Here are some more Shia Hadith from Al-Kafi (narrated in al-Kulaini, Furoo al-Kafi, Volume 2, p.196):

1. Abaan Ibn Tulugh related that he said to Imam Jafar as-Sadiq, “Often during my travels I come across a very beautiful woman and I am not sure if she has a husband or if she is an adultress or if she is one of dubious character.” The Imam responded, “Why should you worry about all of these things? Your duty is to believe what she says, and if she says that she has no husband then you should engage in Mutah with her.” (Al-Kafi)

2. Zanaarah said, “I asked the Imam: ‘with how many girls can one do Mutah with?’ He replied, ‘with as many as you like; they are like hired girls.’” (Al-Kafi)

3. “If a man contracts Mutah once in his lifetime, Allah will grant him paradise.” (Al-Kafi)

4. “If a man does Mutah, he is saved from shirk.” (Al-Kafi)

Let us examine another Shia Hadith on the matter of Mutah:

Imam al-Sadiq (as) said: “The one who does not believe in our return [Al-Raj’ah] and does not consider our Mutah to be Halal is not from us.” (al-Bihar, al-Majlisi, v53, p92, Hadith 101)


And another interesting Shia Hadith:

Imam as-Sadiq (as) said: “He who believes in seven things is regarded as a believer: the disavowal of idols and tyrants, the declaration of the divine leadership of the Imams, the belief of Rajaa, legality of Mutah, the illegality of the flesh of eel, and the illegality of passing the wet hands over the slippers (during the ritual ablutions).” (Narrated by Ali bin Ahmed bin Abdullah who narrated to us from his father from his grandfather from Ahmed bin Abi Abdullah al-Barqi from his father from Amr bin Shemr from Abdullah)

These are very peculiar beliefs indeed. How is it that Mutah is considered commendable in Shi’ism? Mutah is nothing other than prostitution. To believe that Mutah is permissible is to negate all the Islamic exhortations in regards to chastity, sexual modesty, and righteousness. Furthermore, it is complete blasphemy against our Prophet to say that he encouraged prostitution. Mutah is Zinnah (fornication); it is immoral and reprehensible.

By: Ibn al-Hashimi, www.ahlelbayt.com

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