The Ruling on Misar Marriage and Summer Marriage
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
This is a questioner who sent a set of questions. He says: Honorable Shaykh, I am in the summer and I wish to marry in the misar style. Is this marriage lawful? Are its conditions complete? I ask the Honorable Shaykh for guidance.
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, marriage is a Prophetic sunnah (recommended practice) and it contains benefits for the husband, the wife, and the offspring.
As for misar marriage, as they call it, it contains nothing but the satisfaction of desire, and it does not contain the other benefits of marriage. The woman does not come to her husband, nor is she under his protection and his authority over her. She is merely a free woman who goes wherever she wishes, as if she were not married. If children come, they will not be in their father’s house under his upbringing; rather, they will be with their mother.
Likewise, the remaining benefits of companionship between the spouses and the tranquility between the spouses, which Allah made[Ar-Rum 30:21] [Al-A'raf 7:189]. The tranquility that exists between the spouses in a musyar marriage does not contain the benefits of marriage. In addition, the questioner says that it is a summer marriage, which may mean that this is a temporary marriage for the duration of the summer.
This is not permissible, and the marriage is not valid. A marriage with the intention of divorce, as they call it, or a marriage limited to the summer only, this resembles mut'ah. Marriage is enduring between the spouses as long as there is discord between them and good conduct. Marriage is intended for continuity.
It is not intended for the summer only, or for a limited period. They call it misar marriage, musafar marriage, summer marriage. All these matters are not permissible in marriage. This is playing with marriage. In fact, some of them travel in the summer and marry this one and that one, from one to the other, marrying and divorcing. This is playing with the private parts, playing with the marriage that Allah has honored and made a noble contract, and He placed affection and mercy between the spouses. All of this is merely for the satisfaction of desire. Therefore, this is not permissible. And even if misar marriage is valid in terms of the contract, it does not contain the benefits and objectives of marriage. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
This is a questioner who sent a set of questions. He says: Honorable Shaykh, I am in the summer and I wish to marry in the misar style. Is this marriage lawful? Are its conditions complete? I ask the Honorable Shaykh for guidance.
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, marriage is a Prophetic sunnah (recommended practice) and it contains benefits for the husband, the wife, and the offspring.
As for misar marriage, as they call it, it contains nothing but the satisfaction of desire, and it does not contain the other benefits of marriage. The woman does not come to her husband, nor is she under his protection and his authority over her. She is merely a free woman who goes wherever she wishes, as if she were not married. If children come, they will not be in their father’s house under his upbringing; rather, they will be with their mother.
Likewise, the remaining benefits of companionship between the spouses and the tranquility between the spouses, which Allah made
for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them
لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا لِّتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَاand created from it its mate that he might dwell in security with her
وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِيَسْكُنَ إِلَيْهَاThis is not permissible, and the marriage is not valid. A marriage with the intention of divorce, as they call it, or a marriage limited to the summer only, this resembles mut'ah. Marriage is enduring between the spouses as long as there is discord between them and good conduct. Marriage is intended for continuity.
It is not intended for the summer only, or for a limited period. They call it misar marriage, musafar marriage, summer marriage. All these matters are not permissible in marriage. This is playing with marriage. In fact, some of them travel in the summer and marry this one and that one, from one to the other, marrying and divorcing. This is playing with the private parts, playing with the marriage that Allah has honored and made a noble contract, and He placed affection and mercy between the spouses. All of this is merely for the satisfaction of desire. Therefore, this is not permissible. And even if misar marriage is valid in terms of the contract, it does not contain the benefits and objectives of marriage. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/017 — archive.org (0:52)
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