Temporary Marriage

[Hassan19]

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:

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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:

1. Whether this temporary marriage is lawful and valid according to Islamic law.

2. 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.

[Abu Hassanain]

21 hours ago, Hassan19 said:

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:

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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:

1. Whether this temporary marriage is lawful and valid according to Islamic law.

2. 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

first of all, since this is a new and specific issues you have to write to your living Marja, not the deceased you refer back to. 
 

Sayyid Hakim has been dead a few years now.

This is a new issue and it has very specific points. I am 99% sure you wouldn’t have already issued a verdict. I’m a specific situation like this. He was an Arab living in the Middle East that issues of Pakistani culture you mentioned do not at all relate to a Middle Eastern culture.. 

I’m just a common sense standpoint Shaikh Bashir Najafi would be the scholar in Najaf most likely to quickly understand and have experience with this kind  of issue they both are religious standpoint, educational standpoint, and cultural stand point .

I am not Pakistani. I go to other places to lecture sometimes, but my upbringing before and after Islam was around low income, African-Americans, low income, Irish and Arabs after llamas, mostly with the Arabic community and the Persian community.

I’m aware of some of the cultural issues obviously

Just off the top of my head, I would say that the parents giving the permission to marry at a future date is not enough for permission for temporary marriage now

Temporary marriage is very taboo in Pakistan so far as I have been informed and heard. It’s strange that this is the advice. The scholar would give the local one that is.
 

Also, even if technically the grand scholar agreed, this was the right and permissible course of action, sneaking around doing things hidden, and not informing the parents is going to severely backfire

Please send this questions to the living juris you imitate

wallahu alam 

[Abu Hassanain]

18 hours ago, Hassan19 said:

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:

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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:

1. Whether this temporary marriage is lawful and valid according to Islamic law.

2. 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

first of all, since this is a new and specific issues you have to write to your living Marja, not the deceased you refer back too . 
 

Sayyid Hakim has been dead a few years now.

This is a new issue and it has very specific points. I am 99% sure you wouldn’t have already issued a verdict. I’m a specific situation like this. He was an Arab living in the Middle East that issues of Pakistani culture you mentioned do not at all relate to a Middle Eastern culture.. 

I’m just a common sense standpoint Shaikh Bashir Najafi would be the scholar in Najaf most likely to quickly understand and have experience with this kind  of issue they both are religious standpoint, educational standpoint, and cultural stand point .

I am not Pakistani. I go to other places to lecture sometimes, but my upbringing before and after Islam was around low income, African-Americans, low income, Irish and Arabs after llamas, mostly with the Arabic community and the Persian community.

I’m aware of some of the cultural issues obviously

Just off the top of my head, I would say that the parents giving the permission to marry at a future date is not enough for permission for temporary marriage now

Temporary marriage is very taboo in Pakistan so far as I have been informed and heard. It’s strange that this is the advice. The scholar would give the local one that is.
 

Also, even if technically the grand scholar agreed, this was the right and permissible course of action, sneaking around doing things hidden, and not informing the parents is going to severely backfire

Please send this questions to the living juris you imitate

wallahu alam