The reciter: And Harimah ibn Yahya narrated to me, saying: Ibn Wahb informed us, saying: Yunus informed me, saying: Ibn Shihab said: 'Urwah ibn al-Zubayr informed me that 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr stood in Makkah and said:
Indeed, there are people whose hearts Allah has blinded just as He has blinded their eyes, who issue rulings permitting temporary marriage (mut'ah). He gestured toward a man and called out to him, saying: 'You are indeed a rough, uncouth man! By my life, temporary marriage was practiced in the time of the Imam of the God-fearing, meaning the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).' Ibn al-Zubayr said to him: 'Then try it on yourself! By Allah, if you do it, I will stone you with your own stones.' Ibn Shihab said: Khalid ibn al-Muhajir ibn Sa'if Allah informed me that while he was sitting with a man, another man came to him and asked for a ruling on temporary marriage, so he ordered him to do it. Then Ibn Abi 'Umar al-Ansari said to him: 'Hold on!' He said: 'What is it? By Allah, I did it in the time of the Imam of the God-fearing.' Ibn Abi 'Umar said: 'It was a dispensation (rukhsah) in the early days of Islam for those who were in dire necessity (darurah) for it, like carrion, blood, and the flesh of the pig. Then Allah perfected the religion and prohibited it.' Ibn Shihab said: Rabi' ibn Subayrah al-Juhani informed me that his father said: 'I used to take a temporary marriage (mut'ah) with a woman from Banu 'Amir in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for two red cloaks. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited us from temporary marriage.' Ibn Shihab said: I heard Rabi' ibn Subayrah narrating this to 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, and I was sitting there.
إن أناسا أعمى الله قلوبهم كما أعمى أبصارهم يفتون بالمتعة يعرض برجل فناداه فقال: إنك لجلف جاف فلعمري لقد كانت المتعة تفعل على عهد إمام المتقين يريد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، فقال له ابن الزبير: فجرب بنفسك فوالله لئن فعلتها لأرجمنك بأحجارك، قال ابن شهاب: فأخبرني خالد بن المهاجر بن سيف الله أنه بينا هو جالس عند رجل جاءه رجل فاستفتاه في المتعة فأمره بها فقال له ابن أبي عمرة الأنصاري: مهلا قال: ما هي والله لقد فعلت في عهد إمام المتقين قال ابن أبي عمرة: إنها كانت رخصة في أول الإسلام لمن اضطر إليها كالميتة والدم ولحم الخنزير ثم أحكم الله الدين ونهى عنها، قال ابن شهاب: وأخبرني ربيع بن سبرة الجهني أن أباه قال: قد كنت استمتعت في عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم امرأة من بني عامر ببردين أحمرين ثم نهانا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن المتعة قال بن شهاب: وسمعت ربيع بن سبرة يحدث ذلك عمر بن عبد العزيز وأنا جالس
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