Hadith record

3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from ibn Bukayr from Zurarah who has said the following: “Concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who marries a woman in the manner of al-Mut‘ah (advantageous marriage) for Sa‘ah or Sa‘ahtayn (one or two hours in the sense of the word before the invention of time clock). He (the Imam) said, ‘Sa‘ah or Sa‘ahtayn are not definite, however, they can set it as once or twice going to bed or one or two days and nights or similar things.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.