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[quote]Nikah Mut‘ah:

According to shiat Scholars, Nikah Mut'ah is one of two marriage forms that is authorised in the Qur'an. The other form is called simply Nikah, hence Nikah Mut'ah is popularly shortened to simply "Mut'ah".

Nikāḥu’l-Mut‘ah , Nikah el Mut'a (Arabic: نكاح المتعة‎, also Nikah Mut‘ah literally, marriage for pleasure) is a fixed-time marriage which, according to the Usuli Shia schools of Shari‘a (Islamic law), is a marriage with a preset duration, after which the marriage is automatically dissolved. It is the second form of marriage, described in the Qur'an (4:24).

Rules:

Nikahu’l-Mut‘ah resembles a Nikah ("permanent marriage") in many, but not all, aspects. It commences in the same way as a Nikah except that for some, a date of expiration for the marriage is added to the marriage contract. The duration is decided by the couple involved. There are no restrictions about minimum and maximum duration. If the period is longer than what can be reasonably expected to be a lifetime, it will transform into a Nikah.

During the period of the marriage, the couple are considered husband and wife, just as in a permanent marriage. At the expiration, the marriage is voided without undergoing a talaq (divorce). In case of sexual intercourse, the woman must observe iddah (a waiting period) before she can marry anyone else.

Nikahu’l-Mut‘ah is considered mustahab (recommended) by the Shia. The Shia also regard it as mustahab (recommended) to extend the marriage or to transform it into a permanent one.

Initial Practice:

There is a consensus among Shi'a and Sunni scholars that Nikah Mut'ah was lawful during Muhammad's era. However, there is a small disagreement on how long these periods were, how frequent, or if they were legal all the time. In either case, all scholars agree based on the hadith that Muhammad even told people to engage in the temporary marriage, something to Shi'a is notable, since Muhammad never told people to drink alcohol, thus arguing that the marriage form cannot be deemed immoral.

* Al-Qurtubi, a 13th century Sunni Islamic scholar writes: 
"All the early scholars have no disputes that Mut'ah is Nikah for a set period of time, this Nikah has no inheritance and man and woman separate when the time expires."

Prohibition by Muhammad:

There is a total of seven ahadiths that state that Nikah Mut'a was abrogated. These seven ahadiths each narrate their own occasion, thus resulting in seven different times when it is supposed to have been abrogated.

Most Sunni scholars disregard most of this occasions, and argue that it was forbidden in three, two or at only one time. Yet other Sunni scholars argue that they are all fabricated and that Umar was the first one to forbid it, but that he was entitled to do so, since Muhammad had ordered the Muslims to follow the Sunnah of the Rashidun. Shi'a take the stance of those Sunni scholars, but do not accept that Muhammad had ordered to follow the Sunnah of the Rashidun, referring to the Hadith of the two weighty things.[/quote]

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