The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 2070- In temporary marriage, the duration of the contract and the amount of mahr should be specified, and without specifying these two, the marriage will be void.

Issue No. 2071- Contracting a temporary marriage with a woman is permissible, even if it may not be for the sake of any sexual pleasure. Rather, if it is intended to make her of one’s maḥrams, there would be no problem in it, provided that the girl who is contracted for temporary marriage is of an age that sexual pleasure can be derived from her. For example, if she is a child, the duration of the temporary marriage should be enough to include the period in which she is ready for sexual enjoyment, though he may exempt her in future of the remaining time.

Issue No. 2072- The obligatory precaution is that a husband should not refrain from having sexual intercourse for more than four months with the woman with whom he has contracted temporary marriage.

Issue No. 2073- The woman in temporary marriage may make a condition that her husband will not have sexual intercourse with her, though other enjoyments would be of no problem. However, if she agrees to sexual intercourse later, the husband may have sexual intercourse with her.

Issue No. 2074- A woman with whom temporary marriage is contracted cannot demand subsistence even if she may become pregnant, and does not inherit from the husband as well as the husband does not inherit from her, and she is not entitled to the obligatory right of sexual intercourse either.

Issue No. 2075- In temporary marriage the woman can go out of the house without the permission of the husband, or choose a job for herself out of the house unless the husband’s right is infringed owing to her going out of the house.

Issue No. 2076- In order for a man or his father to become maḥram with a woman, he can contract the marriage of his minor male child with that woman provided that the period of the marriage is long enough [for the boy] which includes the age he is able to derive sexual pleasure. He can also contract the marriage of his minor female child with a man to make relatives maḥram to him with the same condition, provided that in both cases the marriage should, as an obligatory precaution, have some benefits for the minor and should entail no harm or corruption.

Issue No. 2077- A man can dismiss the period of the temporary marriage and thus terminate it. In this case, he should give her all the mahr whether he has had sexual intercourse with her or not.

Issue No. 2078- A man can contract a permanent marriage with a woman who is in his temporary marriage contract. However, he should exempt the woman of the remaining period of her temporary marriage before he contracts a permanent marriage.

Issue No. 2079- ‘iddah(waiting period) should be observed in temporary marriage (as will be explained in the divorce section), after its fixed duration has come to an end, and the children born from temporary marriage have all the rights of one’s children and inherit from their parents and their relatives, though the couple do not inherit from one another.

Issue No. 2079- ‘iddah(waiting period) should be observed in temporary marriage (as will be explained in the divorce section), after its fixed duration has come to an end, and the children born from temporary marriage have all the rights of one’s children and inherit from their parents and their relatives, though the couple do not inherit from one another.

Issue No. 2080- It is haram for a man to look at the body of a non-maḥram woman, regardless of whether it is with a lustful sensation or not. Similarly, it is haram for a woman to look at the body of a Non-maḥram man. However, there is no problem in a man looking at the face and hands - up to the wrists - of a woman, if it is not lustful and if it does not entail corruption and sin. Similarly, there is no objection in a woman looking, without lust, at parts of the body of a non-maḥram man that are not usually covered, like the head, face, neck and parts of the hands and feet.