Chapter on Temporary Marriage (Mutʿah)
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 44
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ بَكَّارِ بْنِ كَرْدَمٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ اَلرَّجُلُ يَلْقَى اَلْمَرْأَةَ فَيَقُولُ لَهَا زَوِّجِينِي نَفْسَكِ شَهْراً وَ لاَ يُسَمِّي اَلشَّهْرَ بِعَيْنِهِ فَيَلْقَاهَا بَعْدَ سِنِينَ فَقَالَ "لَهُ شَهْرُهُ إِنْ كَانَ سَمَّاهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ سَمَّاهُ فَلاَ سَبِيلَ لَهُ عَلَيْهَا".
It is narrated from Bakkar bin Kardam, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: "A man meets a woman and says to her, 'Marry me to yourself for a month,' but he does not specify which month. Then he meets her again after several years-does he still have his month?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "He has his month if he had specified it. However, if he did not specify it, then he has no claim over her."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh