Mut'ah
Mut'ah is an Arabic word meaning "joy", for other uses, see Muta
The word is used in the name of the Battle of Mut'ah.
Mut'ah is also an Islamic Term that denotes two other Islamic terms:
- Nikah Mut'ah — The second Qur'anic Marriage form.
- Mut'ah of Hajj — relaxation between a Umrah and a Hajj.
Those two terms should not be confused with each other, as they are separate things and the Islamic Term "Mut'ah" can denote one or both of the Islamic Term Mut'ah of Hajj and the Islamic Term Nikah Mut'ah.
Umar banned "Mut'ah" during his time as Caliph. It is narrated in Sahih Muslim that:
- Abu Nadhra said, Ibn Abbas commanded to do Mut'a while Ibn Zubair forbade to do it. I mentioned this to Jabir ibn Abdillah and he said:
- It is through me that this Hadith has been circulated. We did Mut'a (of Hajj and women) at the time of the Messenger of Allah. When Umar was installed as Caliph, he said:
- Verily Allah made permissible for his Messenger whatever He like and as He liked. And its command was revealed in Quran. Thus accomplish Hajj and Umrah for Allah as Allah has commanded you, and confirm (by reverting to permanent marriage, Nikah) the marriages of those women (with whom you have performed Nikah Mut'ah). And any person would come to me with a marriage of appointed duration (i.e. Nikah Mut'ah) I would stone him.
- Qatada narrated this hadith with the same chain of transmitters saying: (That 'Umar also said):
- Separate your Hajj from 'Umra, for that is the most complete Hajj, and complete your Umra. Shia Site, Sahih Muslim 7.2801
(Muhammad also decreed that they can be combined)
Shia belive that Umar forbade both forms of Mut'ah.
Sunni belive Umar only forbade Mut'ah of Hajj.