Permissible Time Length

يُشَارِطُهَا مَا شَاءَ مِنَ الْأَيَّامِ.

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘He can arrange for a mutual agreement with her for any number of days they want.’”

قُلْتُ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ يَتَزَوَّجُ مُتْعَةً سَنَةً أَوْ أَقَلَّ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ شَيْئاً مَعْلُوماً إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ تَبِينُ بِغَيْرِ طَلَاقٍ قَالَ نَعَمْ.

“In response to my question before al-Rida’ (a.s.), about the case of a man who marries in the manner of al-Mut‘ah (advantageous marriage) for one year or less or more, he (the Imam) said, ‘It is permissible if it is a known matter for a known number of days.’ I then asked if it terminates without divorce. He (the Imam

قُلْتُ لَهُ هَلْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَتَمَتَّعَ الرَّجُلُ بِالْمَرْأَةِ سَاعَةً أَوْ سَاعَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ السَّاعَةُ وَ السَّاعَتَانِ لَا يُوقَفُ عَلَى حَدِّهِمَا[2] وَ لَكِنَّ الْعَرْدَ وَ الْعَرْدَيْنِ وَ الْيَوْمَ وَ الْيَوْمَيْنِ وَ اللَّيْلَةَ وَ أَشْبَاهَ ذَلِكَ.

“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, t

أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع كَمْ أَدْنَى أَجَلِ الْمُتْعَةِ هَلْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَتَمَتَّعَ الرَّجُلُ بِشَرْطِ مَرَّةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ قَالَ نَعَمْ.

“I once sent (a message) to abu al-Hassan (a.s.), and asked, ‘How much is the minimum duration of time in al-Mut‘ah (advantageous marriage) and if it is permissible to set the time for only one time going to bed. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it is permissible.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَتَزَوَّجُ الْمَرْأَةَ عَلَى عَرْدٍ وَاحِدٍ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ وَ لَكِنْ إِذَا فَرَغَ فَلْيُحَوِّلْ وَجْهَهُ وَ لَا يَنْظُرْ.

‘It is permissible, however, when the specified time ends he must turn his face away and must not look.’”