Assalaam-o-Alaikum
I have a very important question to ask you. Why was MUTA i.e. temporary marriage for a fixed period of time and fixed sum of money allowed during the time of Holy Prophet (pbuh) and banned later at the time of caliph Hazrat Umar?I know that it was forbidden because it had started being misused but what was right or what were the advantages of Muta that it was still kept during the time of Holy Prophet (pbuh)? Please elaborate.

Thank you,

Subject: Reply of your query 2-4-2002
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2002 12:38:12 + 0500
From: ummqura@brain.net.pk
To: “Hira Tabassum”

Mohtarima Hira Tabassam

Assalaam-o-Alaikum
MUTTA has been declared HARAAM from the very outset of Islam. The usual MUTA, in force amongst AHL-E-TASHEE, was never permitted in Islam. This wicked thing was in vogue before Islam in the dark ages.(Ahsan-ul-Fatawa page 42 Vol. 5) Hazrat Shah Abdul Aziz has refuted the permission of MUTA from the very beginning of Islam. (Ahsan-ul-Fatawa page 52 Vol. 5)

Allah knows the best.

Darul-Iftah
Jamia Ashrafia, Lahore.