The Difference Between Mut'ah Marriage and Marriage with the Intention of Divorce
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Question:
What is the ruling on marrying with the intention of divorcing after seven days, or ten days, if a traveler fears for himself regarding zina? And does the fatwa of the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta regarding the permissibility of marrying with the intention of divorce include both short and long durations, or not? Because some young men who traveled during the previous vacation interpreted the fatwa as applying to them, even if the duration is short, so what is the ruling in that?
Answer:
This is not mut'ah. Mut'ah is when a man marries with a condition agreed upon between him and the wife's family, or the wife, for a specified number of days, or a specified year, or a specified month, as was the case in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and in the early days of Islam. Then this was abrogated during the course of Islam, in the Farewell Pilgrimage, or it is said on the Day of Conquest, according to a disagreement among the scholars.
As for his intending to divorce, this is not mut'ah. He marries, and his intention is that whenever he travels from America, or from Europe, he will divorce. Perhaps it will be easy for him, and he will not divorce. He only intended something that is permissible for him; he intended a divorce that is permissible for him. This is not mut'ah in any way. Mut'ah is the stipulation of a known duration, and when that duration passes, the marriage ends and the marriage is concluded, as is done now by some sects of the Rafidah.
The Intended Meaning: Mut'ah is a known thing, with a known, measured time. This is what Allah has abrogated until the Day of Resurrection, and it is forbidden. As for a man marrying, and his intention being that he will divorce after a year, or a month, or a week, or two years, or so on; he may return from this intention, and he may not carry out this intention. It is a matter between him and his Lord (Exalted and Majestic is He). It is not a stipulation between him and the wife, nor between him and the guardian, nor between him and the family. It is only something in his own mind. This does not harm him according to the majority of the scholars. The author of al-Mughni mentioned this from most of the scholars, and some of the scholars said: It is not befitting for him to do that, and it is not befitting for this intention to exist. So if he leaves this intention and marries without this intention, it will be better, more complete, and more cautious.
Question : Is there not deception of the wife's family if they do not know?
Answer: There is no deception. Divorce is permissible for him. Even if he did not intend it, he is not obligated to stay with her, even if he did not intend divorce. If you married a woman, and then you saw that it is in the interest to divorce her after one night of marriage, there is no blame on you. You saw that she is not suitable for you, so you divorced her after one night, or two nights; there is no harm.
Question : From the administration of the library, it is mixed, and every day it increases over the day before it?
Answer: Which administration?
The student : ... And this is a spread of vice. The girl comes at any time?
Answer: ...؟
The student : We wrote it for you two weeks ago.
Answer: Perhaps if you wrote in ... May Allah reward you with good for the forgetfulness.
The student : And we inform you: that the head of the military apparatus of the National Guard prevents some of those who wish to join the Quran memorization school of the Guard, and he is not pleased to let anyone enter except a corporal and a private only. Above the rank of corporal and private, he prevents them absolutely, even if they wish to. We ask your eminence to look into this?
Answer: It will be looked into, if Allah wills.
What is the ruling on marrying with the intention of divorcing after seven days, or ten days, if a traveler fears for himself regarding zina? And does the fatwa of the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta regarding the permissibility of marrying with the intention of divorce include both short and long durations, or not? Because some young men who traveled during the previous vacation interpreted the fatwa as applying to them, even if the duration is short, so what is the ruling in that?
Answer:
This is not mut'ah. Mut'ah is when a man marries with a condition agreed upon between him and the wife's family, or the wife, for a specified number of days, or a specified year, or a specified month, as was the case in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and in the early days of Islam. Then this was abrogated during the course of Islam, in the Farewell Pilgrimage, or it is said on the Day of Conquest, according to a disagreement among the scholars.
As for his intending to divorce, this is not mut'ah. He marries, and his intention is that whenever he travels from America, or from Europe, he will divorce. Perhaps it will be easy for him, and he will not divorce. He only intended something that is permissible for him; he intended a divorce that is permissible for him. This is not mut'ah in any way. Mut'ah is the stipulation of a known duration, and when that duration passes, the marriage ends and the marriage is concluded, as is done now by some sects of the Rafidah.
The Intended Meaning: Mut'ah is a known thing, with a known, measured time. This is what Allah has abrogated until the Day of Resurrection, and it is forbidden. As for a man marrying, and his intention being that he will divorce after a year, or a month, or a week, or two years, or so on; he may return from this intention, and he may not carry out this intention. It is a matter between him and his Lord (Exalted and Majestic is He). It is not a stipulation between him and the wife, nor between him and the guardian, nor between him and the family. It is only something in his own mind. This does not harm him according to the majority of the scholars. The author of al-Mughni mentioned this from most of the scholars, and some of the scholars said: It is not befitting for him to do that, and it is not befitting for this intention to exist. So if he leaves this intention and marries without this intention, it will be better, more complete, and more cautious.
Question : Is there not deception of the wife's family if they do not know?
Answer: There is no deception. Divorce is permissible for him. Even if he did not intend it, he is not obligated to stay with her, even if he did not intend divorce. If you married a woman, and then you saw that it is in the interest to divorce her after one night of marriage, there is no blame on you. You saw that she is not suitable for you, so you divorced her after one night, or two nights; there is no harm.
Question : From the administration of the library, it is mixed, and every day it increases over the day before it?
Answer: Which administration?
The student : ... And this is a spread of vice. The girl comes at any time?
Answer: ...؟
The student : We wrote it for you two weeks ago.
Answer: Perhaps if you wrote in ... May Allah reward you with good for the forgetfulness.
The student : And we inform you: that the head of the military apparatus of the National Guard prevents some of those who wish to join the Quran memorization school of the Guard, and he is not pleased to let anyone enter except a corporal and a private only. Above the rank of corporal and private, he prevents them absolutely, even if they wish to. We ask your eminence to look into this?
Answer: It will be looked into, if Allah wills.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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