Chapter on Temporary Marriage (Mutʿah)

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 44
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 3, Book 3, Chapter 44

Chapter on Temporary Marriage (Mutʿah)

وَ رَوَى اَلْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْجَوْهَرِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ فِي كِتَابِ رَجُلٍ إِلَى أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ رَجُلٌ تَزَوَّجَ بِامْرَأَةٍ مُتْعَةً إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى فَإِذَا اِنْقَضَى اَلْأَجَلُ بَيْنَهُمَا هَلْ يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ بِأُخْتِهَا فَقَالَ "لاَ يَحِلُّ لَهُ حَتَّى تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّتُهَا".
Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad al-Jawhari narrated from Ali ibn Abi Hamzah: I read in a man's letter to Abu al-Hasan عليه السلام about a man who married a woman in Mut'ah (temporary marriage) for a specified period. When the term between them ended, he asked whether it was permissible for him to marry her sister. Imam عليه السلام replied: "It is not permissible for him until her waiting period ('iddah) has ended."
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