Shia Studies' World Assembly states the Twelver Shia position that mut'ah (temporary marriage) remains lawful: "the Shi'is maintain that the Prophet did not ban it," holding instead that the later prohibition came from the caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab rather than from Muhammad. The Ja'fari school grounds the ruling in Qur'an 4:24's term istimta' and in hadith from Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, naming four conditions: a clear formula of offer and acceptance, eligible persons (a free Muslim or a person of the Book), a stipulated time period, and a stated dower.
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A Shia educational and research platform rather than a peer-reviewed academic source, held to the same tier as this file's parallel Sunni reference-site citation for fairness between the two sides. No publication date is shown on the page itself, so none is recorded rather than guessed; the page's content is nonetheless a fair representative statement of the standing Twelver Ja'fari position. NotesCited for Shia (Twelver)'s detailed position on marriage and the Doctrine entity's Shia-side stance: the Ja'fari basis for holding mut'ah lawful, and the Prophet-did-not-ban-it account of the prohibition's real origin.
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PublisherShia Studies' World Assembly
URLhttps://shiastudies.com/en/4632/temporary-marriage-in-islamic-laws/
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This source names Jafar al-Sadiq directly: "Shia Studies' World Assembly states the Twelver Shia position that mut'ah (temporary marriage) remains lawful: "the Shi'is maintain that the Prophet did not ban it," holding instead that the later..."
Source Temporary Marriage in Islamic Laws (Shia Studies' World Assembly)
This source names Muhammad directly: "ph Umar ibn al-Khattab rather than from Muhammad. The Ja'fari school grounds the ruling "
Source Temporary Marriage in Islamic Laws (Shia Studies' World Assembly)
Umar, Figures This source names Umar directly: "later prohibition came from the caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab rather than from Muhammad."
Source Temporary Marriage in Islamic Laws (Shia Studies' World Assembly)
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- Sources, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 holds.
- Denominations, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Doctrines, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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