Rabi’ bin Sabrah al-Juhani narrates from his father: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) permitted us to contract temporary marriage (Nikah Mut’ah) in the year of the conquest of Makkah. I and another man went to a young woman who seemed to be a virgin. We wanted to contract Mut’ah with her. We sat before her. My companion had a cloak on his body, and I also had a cloak on mine. We talked with the woman and discussed the dowry, saying that we would give her cloaks. I was younger than my companion, but his cloak was finer than mine. The woman would look at me once and at his cloak once. Then the woman chose me, so I married her. I stayed with her for three days. Then the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) forbade (Nikah Mut’ah), so I separated from the woman.

Rabi’ bin Sabrah al-Juhani narrates from his father: We set out to visit the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When we had performed ‘Umrah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Contract temporary marriage (mut‘ah) with women. The narrator says: In those days, in our view, mut‘ah was equivalent to marriage. We offered it to women, proposing that we marry them for a specified period. The narrator says: We mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: Do so. My cousin and I went out; I had a cloak and he had a cloak, and his cloak was better than mine, but I was younger than him. We came to a woman and proposed marriage to her. She liked my youth and liked my cousin’s cloak. She said: A cloak is a cloak. So I married that woman. There was an agreement between me and her to stay together for ten days. I stayed with her that night. The next day, I went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who was standing between the Black Stone and the Ka‘bah, addressing the people. He (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying:“O people! I had permitted you to contract temporary marriage with women. Beware! Indeed, Allah has forbidden it until the Day of Resurrection. So whoever has such an agreement should leave those women, and do not take back anything you have given them.”

Rabi’ bin Sabrah narrates: His father participated in a battle with the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). He narrates: I and a man from my tribe set out; in terms of beauty, I had superiority over him, and that man was close to being ugly. Each of us had a cloak; as for my cloak, it was old, and as for my cousin’s cloak, it was completely new. Until we came to the lower area of Makkah (the narrator is unsure, perhaps these words are: the upper area), we met a young woman who seemed to be a virgin. We said: Can we contract Mut’ah marriage with you? She replied: What will you spend (i.e., what dowry will you give)? So each of us spread out his cloak. The woman looked towards the other man (who was ugly), then when that man saw that the woman was looking at me with interest, he said: His cloak is old, my cloak is completely new. The woman said: There is no harm in this cloak either. I contracted Mut’ah marriage with her, then I separated from her at the time when the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) made it (i.e., Mut’ah marriage) unlawful.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) set out, he camped at the place of Thaniyyat al-Wada'. There, he (peace be upon him) saw some lamps and heard the sound of some women weeping, so he inquired: "What is the matter?" The people replied: "O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)! These are some women whose husbands had contracted Mut'ah marriage with them." So the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Mut'ah marriage abolishes divorce, 'iddah, and inheritance (the narrator is in doubt, perhaps these are the words), it makes it unlawful."

Rabi’ bin Sabrah al-Juhani narrates from his father: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) forbade Mut’ah. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It is forbidden for you from this day of yours until the Day of Resurrection, and whoever has given anything (to a woman) should not take it back.

Iyas bin Salamah narrates from his father: In the year of the Battle of Autas, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) granted us permission to contract temporary marriage (mut'ah) for three days, then he forbade us from it. (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The Battle of Autas and the Conquest of Makkah took place in the same year.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade shighar (exchange marriage).

Abdur Rahman bin Harmuz narrates: Abbas bin Abdullah married his daughter to Abdur Rahman bin Hakam, and Abdur Rahman married his daughter to him, and both of them made the marriage itself the dowry. At that time, Sayyiduna Muawiyah bin Abu Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) was the Caliph. He wrote a letter to Marwan (the governor of Madinah) and instructed him to separate the two. In his letter, he wrote that this is shighar, which the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) forbade.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "There is no (validity) of shighar in Islam."

Dahhak bin Firoz narrates from his father: He said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)! When I accepted Islam, I had two sisters in my marriage." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Divorce whichever of the two you wish."