Temporary Marriage(MUT'A) In Islam

by Sachiko Murata

Does Temporary Marriage (Mut’a) raise questions in your mind? Or are you seeking ways to benefit from something that Allah, Prophet (PBUH) and his holy household have deemed legitimate yet its controversy among Shi’i followers holds you back? From legitimacy, pillars to its statutes; this small yet complete guide is the easiest way for you to know everything you want to about Mut’a. The present work is based on MA dissertation compiled under the direction of Professor Abu’l Qasim Gourji of the faculty of theology at Tehran University. For easy reference, the source of every saying or quotation can be found itself at the bottom of each page.

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First published September 26, 2014

About the author

Sachiko Murata (村田幸子, born 1943) is a professor of religion and Asian studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow. (Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Murtaza Hasan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Temporary marriage is an interesting perspective of marriage and love by Islam that was hushed away from religion as the socio-cultural collective thought otherwise. It needs a revival in this modern era and time that we are a part of. We have to understand that we cannot cherry-pick what we want and leave out what we want from our understanding of religion.

I am glad to have read the social implications in which Islam views society and how open it is to the physical needs of both sexes. Another thing that makes me it so interesting is the fact that a Japanese woman who did her PhD in fiqh(Islamic Jurisprudence) wrote this text. For some reason, I find that quite intriguing.