The Ruling on Customary Marriage and Temporary Marriage
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The questioner:
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, I ask you to pray for us for guidance and righteousness, and that our proximity to the House of Allah the Sacred be a proximity of good and blessing. What is your opinion on customary marriage or temporary marriage?
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for success for everyone. We ask Allah for the residents of this noble land and for other Muslims. We ask Allah for them to be steadfast upon the truth and to have understanding of the religion. We ask Allah for everyone, from the residents of Makkah, the residents of al-Madinah, and the residents of all Muslim lands. We ask Allah for all Muslims everywhere to keep them steadfast upon the truth, to grant them understanding of the religion, to rectify our words and deeds and theirs, and to protect us and them from the misleading trials. This is among the most important matters. We ask Allah for success and righteousness for everyone.
As for temporary marriage, it is not permissible. It was permissible at the beginning of Islam, then it was abrogated. The Muslims used to contract temporary marriages for a year, two years, a month, or two months, stipulating it with the woman and then parting from her. Then Allah abrogated that. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:Sunan Ibn Majah 1962Sahih (Darussalam) with women Sahih Muslim 1406d. So Allah has forbidden temporary marriage until the Day of Resurrection. Temporary marriage is time-limited marriage. One says, "I am marrying for a month, two months, a year, or two years." This is time-limited; this is temporary marriage. There is no such thing as customary marriage in marriage. Marriage must have conditions. The consent of both spouses is required, the presence of two witnesses is required, a guardian is required, and the woman must be free of impediments. So marriage, with its legal conditions, has no harm in its pillars and conditions. The believer should always seek lawful marriage with its legal conditions. If he is ignorant, he should ask the people of knowledge so that they inform him about lawful marriage, and he should not marry except with certainty. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
It is a matter of detail and research that requires attention. It will be published in the newspapers, if Allah wills. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, I ask you to pray for us for guidance and righteousness, and that our proximity to the House of Allah the Sacred be a proximity of good and blessing. What is your opinion on customary marriage or temporary marriage?
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for success for everyone. We ask Allah for the residents of this noble land and for other Muslims. We ask Allah for them to be steadfast upon the truth and to have understanding of the religion. We ask Allah for everyone, from the residents of Makkah, the residents of al-Madinah, and the residents of all Muslim lands. We ask Allah for all Muslims everywhere to keep them steadfast upon the truth, to grant them understanding of the religion, to rectify our words and deeds and theirs, and to protect us and them from the misleading trials. This is among the most important matters. We ask Allah for success and righteousness for everyone.
As for temporary marriage, it is not permissible. It was permissible at the beginning of Islam, then it was abrogated. The Muslims used to contract temporary marriages for a year, two years, a month, or two months, stipulating it with the woman and then parting from her. Then Allah abrogated that. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
I had permitted temporary marriage for you
كُنْتُ أَذِنْتُ لَكُمْ فِي الاِسْتِمْتَاعِbut Allah has forbidden it (now) until the Day of Resurrection. So he who has any (woman with this type of marriage contract) he should let her off
وإن الله قد حرم ذلك إلى يوم القيامة، فمن كان عنده منهن شيء فليخلي سبيلهاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
It is a matter of detail and research that requires attention. It will be published in the newspapers, if Allah wills. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
فتاوى المسجد الحرام (شعبان ١٤١٧ هـ) - ٦ — archive.org (35:34)
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