What does mutta mean in Shiite Islam?

Answer 1

Answer 1

according to shia متعه or Mut'ah means temporary marriage. shia Muslims believe according to one verse of Quran and saying of prophet temporarily marriage is allowed under especial terms.

shia believes according to the verse 4:24 of Koran (فَمَا اسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِهِ مِنْهُنَّ فَآتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً) temporary marriage is allowed in Islam and the marriage described in this verse can not be usuall marriage. according to shia Islam Mut'ah has terms and is only for some especial situations and is much different of harlotry for example a woman who accept Mut'ah should have relation with only her husband and this type of marriage has many terms of usual marriage with few differences. also shia believes companions of prophet did it when they were in long travels and were alone. shia believes Mut'ah was allowed at time of prophet but Omar banned it.

mutah is a kind of temporary marriage believed by shiites and reject By sunnis.

Answer 2

another of the misunderstood practices of shiism that has often been crititicized especially by some of the moderns , is temporary marrige or mutah.

it is a definitely established historical fact that at the beginning of Islam, namely between the commencement of the revelation and the migration of the prophet to Medina , temporary marriage , called Mutah was practiced by muslims along with permanent marriage. as an example one can cite , the case of Zubayr (the companion of the prophet ) who married Asma , the daughter of the Abu Bakr , in a temporary marriage; from this union were born Abdullah ibn Zubayr and Urwah ibn Zubayr . these figures were all among the most famous companions of the holy prophet. obviously if this union were to have been illegitimate and categorized as adultery , which is one of the most grievous sins in islam and entails heavy punishments, it would never have been perfumed by people who were among the foremost of the companions.

temporary marriage was also practiced from the time of the migration until the death of the holy prophet . and even after that even during the rule of the first caliph and part of the rule of the second , Muslims continued to practice it until it was banned by second caliph, who threatened those practiced it with stoning . according to all of the sources, the second caliph made the following statement:"there are two Mutahs which existed in the time of the prophet of god and Abu Bakr which i Have banned, and i will punish those who disobey my orders. these two mutahs are the Mutah concerning the pilgrimage and Mutah concerning women. although at first some of the companions and the followers were opposed to this ban by the second caliph , since that time the Sunnis have considered Mutah mrriage to be unlawful.the shiites , however , following the teaching of the imams of the household of the prophet, continued to consider it legitimate as it was during the lifetime of the prophet himself.

in the Quran , God says concerning the believers:"and who guard their modesty-save from their wives or the( slaves )that their right hand, for then they are not blameworthy, but whose craveth beyond that, such are the transgressors-"(Quran : xxiii, 5-7). also " and those who preserve their chastity; save with their wives and those whom their right hand possess, for thus they are not blameworthy; but whose seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors"( Quran, lxx, 29-31). these verses were revealed in Mecca and from the time of their revelation until the higira, it is well known that mutah marriage was practiced by Muslims. if Mutah marriage had not been a true marriage and women who had married according to it had not been legitimate wives, certainly according to these Quranic verses they would have been considered to be transgressors of the law and would have been forbidden to to practice Mutah. it is thus clear that since temporary marriage was not forbidden by prophet, it was a legitimate marriage and not a form of adultery.

the legitimacy of the mutah continued from the time of the Hejra until the death of the Holy prophet as this verse, reveled after the hijra, proves, "and those of whom ye seek content(istamta tum from the same root as Mutah)(by marrying them), give unto them their portions as a duty(QUran, IV, 24). those opposed to shiism contend that this vere from the"chapter on Women" was later abrogated but the shiiah do not accept this view. in fact the word s of the second caliph cited above are the best prove that up to the time of his ban such marriages well still practiced. it is inconceivable that if Mutah had been abrogated and forbidden, it would have continued to be commonly practiced by Muslims during the lifetime of the Holy prophet and after his death until the time of the second caliph. that if Mutah had been abrogated, no action would have been taken to forbid it. shiites cannot accept the claim that the only thing that the second caliph did was to put into action an order of prohibition and the abrogation of Mutah given by the Holy prophet, for such a possibility is negated by the clear words of the second caliph" there are two Mutahs which existed in the time of the prophet of God and and Abu Bakr which I have banned, and i will punish those who disobey my orders.

from the point of view of legislation and preservation of public interest also, we must consider the legitimacy of temporary marriage, like that of divorce, one of the noteworthy features of islam. it is obvious that laws and regulations are excuted with the aim of preserving the vital interests of the people in society and providing their needs. the legitimization of marriage among mankind from the beginning until today is an answer to the instinctive urge for sexual union. permanent marriage has been continuously practiced among among the different peoples of the world. Yet despite this fact and all the campaigns and efforts at public persuasion that are carried out against it, there exist throughout the countries of the world, in large and small cities, both hidden and public places where illegitimate sexual union or fornication takes place. this in itself is the best proof that permanent marriage can not fulfill the instinctive sexual desires of everyone and that a solution must be sought for the problem.

Islam is a universal religion and in its legislation takes all of human beings into consideration. considering the fact that permanent marriage does not satisfy the instinctive sexual urge of certain men and that adultery and fornication re according to islam among the most deadly poisons, destroying the order and purity of human life, Islam has legitimized temporary marriage under special conditions by virtue of which it becomes distinct from adultery and fornication and free of their evils and corruptions. these conditions include the necessity for the woman to be single, to become married temporarily to only one man at one time, and fter divorce to keep a period during which she can not be remarried half of the time that is requited after the permanent marriage. the legitimizing of the temporary marriage is Islam is done with the aim of the allowing within the sacred law possibilities that minimize the evil resulting from the passions of men, which if not channeled lawfully manifest themselves in much more dangerous ways outside the structure of religious law.

Answer 3

Shias are a false sect who claim to be part of Islam.They believe in mutta which is temporary marriage.Muslims Do Not believe in mutta.

Answer 2

according to shia متعه or Mut'ah means temporary marriage. shia Muslims believe according to one verse of Quran and saying of prophet temporarily marriage is allowed under especial terms.

shia believes according to the verse 4:24 of Koran (فَمَا اسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِهِ مِنْهُنَّ فَآتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً) temporary marriage is allowed in Islam and the marriage described in this verse can not be usuall marriage. according to shia Islam Mut'ah has terms and is only for some especial situations and is much different of harlotry for example a woman who accept Mut'ah should have relation with only her husband and this type of marriage has many terms of usual marriage with few differences. also shia believes companions of prophet did it when they were in long travels and were alone. shia believes Mut'ah was allowed at time of prophet but Omar banned it.