Prohibition by Hazrat Mohammad (S) (Part 1)

There is a total of seven hadith that state that Nikah-e-Mut'a was abrogated. Each of the seven hadith narrates their own occasion, thus resulting in seven different times when it is supposed to have been abrogated.

Ibn al-Qayyim iterates the most common view on when Muhammad is supposed to have forbidden it:

Difference over whether Mut'a is haraam took place at four points.

· Firstly it occurred at Khayber (7 AH), this is the view of a group of 'ulama including Sha'afi.
· Secondly at the time of the victory of Makka (8 AH) as asserted by a group such as Abi Aineah.
· Thirdly, at Hunayn (8 AH) although another claim is that this referred to the Victory of Makka (8 AH).
· Fourthly, The Farewell Pilgrimage (10 AH), as was held by Mu'awiya, but this was a mistake of narrators who confused the Farewell Pilgrimage (10 AH) with the victory of Makka 8 AH"

In the hadith collection of a renowned Sunni scholar Al-Tirmizi, Abdullah Ibn Abbas narrates:

"Temporary marriage was at the beginning of Islam. A man comes by a town where he has no acquaintances, so he marries for a fixed time depending on his stay in the town, the woman looks after his provisions and prepares his food, until the verse was revealed: 'Except to your wives or what your right hands possess.'"

A Hadith by Muhammad bin 'Ali says:

'Ali was told that Ibn 'Abbas did not see any harm in the Mut'a marriage. 'Ali said, "Allah's Apostle forbade the Mut'a marriage on the Day of the battle of Khaibar and he forbade the eating of donkey's meat."Some people said, "If one, by a tricky way, marries temporarily, his marriage is illegal." Others said, "The marriage is valid but its condition is illegal."
(See: http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/086.sbt.html#009.086.091)

Ibn Kathir, a 14th century Sunni scholar, stated in his Tafsir of an-Nisa, 24:

Mujahid stated that, (So with those among them whom you have enjoyed, give them their required due,) was revealed about the Mut'a marriage. A Mut'a marriage is a marriage that ends upon a predetermined date. In the Two Sahihs, it is recorded that the Leader of the Faithful `Ali bin Abi Talib said, "The Messenger of Allah prohibited Mut'a marriage and eating the meat of domesticated donkeys on the day of Khayber (battle). In addition, in his Sahih, Muslim recorded that Ar-Rabi` bin Sabrah bin Ma`bad Al-Juhani said that his father said that he accompanied the Messenger of Allah during the victory of Makkah, and that the Prophet said, (O people! I allowed you the Mut'a marriage with women before. Now, Allah has prohibited it until the Day of Resurrection. Therefore, anyone who has any women in Mut'a, let him let them go, and do not take anything from what you have given them.) Allah's statement, (but if you agree mutually (to give more) after the requirement (has been determined), there is no sin on you.) is similar to His other statement". (See: http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:pBBUYhiUz4wJ:www.tafsir.com/default.asp%3Fsid%3D4%26tid%3D10829+%22Ma%27bad+al-Juhani%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=21)