The Method of Pronouncing the Temporary Marriage Formula
Issue No. 2031- It is permissible for a man and a woman to recite the formula of the fixed time marriage (Mut‘ah) after settling the period of marriage and the amount of dowry. Hence, the woman should say: “زَوَّجْتُکَ نَفْسِي فِي الْمُدَّةِ الْمَعْلُومَةِ عَلَي الْمَهْرِ الْمَعْلُومِ”“Zawwajtuka Nafsī Fil Muddatil Ma‘lūma ‘Alal Mahril Ma‘lūm”(I have made myself your wife for the agreed period and the agreed mahr)and then the man immediately responds thus: “قَبِلْتُ”“Qabiltu”(I have accepted)Or if the representative of the woman says:“مَتَّعْتُ مُوَکِّلَتِي مُوَکِّلَکَ فِي الْمُدَّةِ الْمَعْلُومَةِ عَلَي الْمَهْرِ الْمَعْلُومِ”“Matta‘tu Muwakkilatī Muwakkilaka Fil Muddatil Ma‘lūmati ‘Alal Mahril Ma‘lūm”(I have given my client to your client in marriage for the agreed period and the agreed mahr)and thereafter the representative of the man should immediately respond thus: “قَبِلْتُ لِمُوَکِّلِي هَکَذا”“Qabiltu Li Muwakkilī Hākadhā”(I have accepted the same on behalf of my client).
