The word · Law & life
زَواجُ المُتْعة
Mut'ah
Temporary marriage for a fixed term, permitted in Twelver Shia law and prohibited in Sunni law.
Also written · Mutah · Muta · Mutaa · Mutah marriage · Muta marriage · Nikah mutah · Sigheh · Sigha · temporary marriage · fixed term marriage · pleasure marriage
The meaning
What Mut'ah means in Islam
Sunni scholars hold it was allowed early in Islam and then abolished by the Prophet, with reports placing the final prohibition at Khaybar or at the conquest of Makkah, and 'Umar's public ban is widely cited alongside them. Twelver Shia jurists hold the permission was never abrogated, and regulate mut'ah as a contract with a stated term and a stated dower. The same word has an unrelated sense in Sunni fiqh: a consolation payment made to a divorced wife.
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Words that sit beside it
- NikahThe Islamic marriage contract, formed by offer, acceptance, witnesses and a mahr.نِكاح
- TalaqDivorce pronounced by the husband, which Islamic law permits but treats as a last resort.طَلاق
- MahrThe gift of money or property the groom owes the bride, which belongs to her alone.مَهْر
- FiqhThe human effort to work out Islamic law from its sources, and the rulings that result.الفِقْه
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