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Of course. Here is the clear, respectful, and well-structured English message, written exactly according to the points you mentioned and suitable to send to Sayyid Muhammad Saeed al-Hakeem: Final English Message: Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh,. I and my cousin liked each other and had the intention to get married. We tried our best to convince our parents to perform our Nikah at this time, but they did not agree. We then consulted an Alim regarding our situation. He advised that if our families formally confirm the proposal (rishta), as is commonly done in Pakistan—where it is publicly agreed that these two individuals will be married in the future, similar to an engagement—then this confirmation would be sufficient. Our families confirmed the rishta in this manner. Based on this, the Alim guided us that performing a temporary marriage (mut‘ah) would be permissible. Following his guidance, we performed the temporary marriage privately. At present, no one is aware of this temporary marriage except for that Alim and the two of us. I now wish to seek your confirmation on two matters: Whether this temporary marriage is lawful and valid according to Islamic law. Whether, in a temporary marriage where no specific conditions were stated at the time of the contract, it is permissible to engage in actions such as holding hands, hugging, or kissing. Jazakumullahu Khairan.

Salaam alaikum, I didn't want to be that guy and we already have a thousand mutah threads but I have an inquiry about mutah. I was re-reading Muta, Temporary Marriage in Islamic Law by Sachiko Murata and I came across this: What is meant by the woman having no right to sexual intercourse? Is it a legit view in our madhab, it jumped out at me as something that could easily be misunderstood. Can someone explain the context of this statement? https://www.al-islam.org/muta-temporary-marriage-in-islamic-law-sachiko-murata/statutes-muta ^Here's the page in its entirety.