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The ruling on a husband stipulating in the marriage contract that he will stay with his wife for a specific period and then divorce her (Questions)

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Question:
A man wants to marry a woman, and he stipulated a specific period after marrying her, after which he will divorce her. The period might be three months or five months. The reason for this is that this marriage is outside this country, and since he is sent to an Arab country, he wishes to protect himself from falling into what is forbidden. He is a single man, so he wishes to marry temporarily, and when he returns to the country, he will divorce her. This is the condition agreed upon between them. What is the ruling on this? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
This is the marriage of temporary pleasure (mut'ah), which is not permissible. Stipulating a known period between the spouses was permissible at the beginning of Islam, then Allah abrogated it in the Year of the Conquest or in the Farewell Pilgrimage. It was prohibited, and it is the temporary marriage for a month, two months, a year, or two years. It is called the marriage of temporary pleasure (mut'ah). It was abrogated, and Allah forbade it until the Day of Resurrection. However, if it is in his heart as an intention, and there is no condition, his intention being that if he moves from the country he will divorce, or if he is dismissed from the embassy he will divorce, or if his studies end he will divorce, this is between him and his Lord, and there is no harm in it. It is not called mut'ah; this is an intention. But if there is a condition between them for a year, two years, a month, or two months, that is what was abrogated. That is prohibited.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 535- حكم اشتراط الزوج في النكاح أن يمكث مع زوجته مدة معينة ثم يطلقها (أسئلة) - ابن باز — youtube.com

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