7. Seventh objection
He says: “Time bound marriages among the Shia are of different types: The
short and long. One is that man and woman decide to marry upon some money,
food, cloth, no matter if it is less, and in exchange the woman stays with the man
for day or more or less, according to agreement of the two parties and fulfills the
desire of man. After that period each of them go their ways. As if they were never
together and do not even recognize each other. And this is the simplest form of
time-bound marriages among them. Another form, which is much worse, is
known as Mutah-e-Dauri.
Mutah-e-Dauri is that a number of people marry one woman: in such
manner that she is in company of one of them from dawn to sunrise, from sunrise
till midday with next one, from midday till afternoon with the third, from
afternoon till sunset with the fourth; and from sunset till night with the fifth; from
night till midnight with the sixth and from midnight till the next morning with the
seventh.
They believe this act to be sanctioned by the religion of God and worthy of
divine rewards, whereas this is one of the worst prohibited things.”1
Reply to seventh objection
Among the Shia, Mutah and Seegha is just as the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.)
introduced and fixed its rules; and which was lawful during lifetime of Prophet
and after him till Umar bin Khattab prohibited it. After that also, it was regarded
as lawful by some people, who did not consider that the orders of Umar can
override commands of Quran and Prophet.
Muslim sects have consensus on principles and laws of Fixed-time marriage
(Mutah) and all this is mentioned in their books. There is no contradiction among
them at all and these are the rules:
- Compensation.
- Period
- Formula of marriage: comprising offer and acceptance.
- Separation at the end of the period or if the man condones the remaining period.
- To observe the waiting period, whether a slave girl or a free woman; whether she is pregnant or not pregnant.
- Spouses do not inherit each other
Ahle Sunnat and Shia, both have clarified these rules. No other Fixed-time
marriage (Mutah) is allowed among Shia, other than the one mentioned above
and Shia do not know of any other Fixed-time marriage (Mutah). There is no
major Mutah and minor Mutah: all these are false allegations, because no jurist or
layman of Shia since the origin of Islam till present age of falsehood and
allegation – the period of Qaseemi – nor in the past centuries.
ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَـٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَـٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمْ ۖ كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَعِندَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ قَلْبِ مُتَكَبِّرٍۢ جَبَّارٍۢ (٣٥)
“Those who dispute concerning the communications of Allah
without any authority that He has given them; greatly hated is it
by Allah and by those who believe. Thus does Allah set a seal
over the heart of every proud, haughty one.”2