Temporary Marriage ‘Nikah mut’ah’ in Islam. Photo: Twitter
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Temporary marriages (Mut’ah) in Islam are known under various names. The term Mut’ah means “profiting by, or taking pleasure of” in fixed-term “marriages.” It is distinguished from the non-fixed-term marriages. In laymen’s terms, the man takes a “temporary wife,” has sex with her, and does this knowing he will soon divorce her. We could say it is little better than having a girl friend. It simply legitimizes the sex act.
Although there are great theological differences between Shiites and Sunnis, none is more prominent than their differences on the concept of temporary marriages. This difference is also evident between one school of Shiites, those who hold the belief of the twelve infallible Imams [45] and the other Shiite schools of thought.
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