Ibn Maʿīn, who said: Ḥajjāj ibn Muḥammad narrated to us; Shurayk narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Fuḍayl ibn ʿAmr—he said, “I think it was from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr”—from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said:
“The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, performed the tamattuʿ (combining the lesser pilgrimage with the major one).” ʿUrwah thereupon said, “Abū Bakr and ʿUmar forbade the mutʿah.” Ibn ʿAbbās replied, “And what does ʿUrayyah say?” He answered, “Abū Bakr and ʿUmar forbade the mutʿah.” Ibn ʿAbbās remarked, “I fear they will be ruined. I say, ‘The Messenger of Allah said,’ whereas they say, ‘Abū Bakr and ʿUmar said.’” (1)
I (the author) say: ʿUrwah did not intend to oppose the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with the two of them; rather, he believed that they would not have prohibited the mutʿah unless they had discovered an abrogating text.
97 – Ibn ʿAllak: ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Marwazī
The shaykh, the imam, the ḥāfiẓ, the reliable authority: Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAllak al-Marwazī, al-Jawharī.
He heard ḥadith from Saʿīd ibn Masʿūd, Aḥmad ibn Sayyār (2), al-ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammad al-Dūrī, Abū Qilābah, Muḥammad ibn al-Layth, and their contemporaries.
He later travelled and narrated in Baghdad (3).
(1) Its chain of transmission is weak because of Sharik—Sharik ibn Abd Allah al-Nakhai al-Kufi—who is prone to frequent error. The report appears in al-Musnad, 1/337, through Hajjaj with this same isnad. Abd al-Razzaq also recorded it through Maʿmar from Ayyub: Urwa said to Ibn Abbas, “Will you not fear Allah and still give a concession for mutʿa (temporary marriage)?” Ibn Abbas replied, “Ask your mother ʿUrayya.” Urwa protested, “Abu Bakr and Umar did not practice it.” Ibn Abbas retorted, “By Allah, I do not think you will stop until Allah punishes you. I relate to you from the Messenger of Allah, yet you cite Abu Bakr and Umar!” Urwa answered, “They were better acquainted with the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah and more obedient to it than you.”
All the transmitters in this latter chain are trustworthy. Abu Muslim al-Kajji likewise narrated it through Sulayman ibn Harb, from Hammad ibn Zayd, from Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani, from Ibn Abi Mulayka, from Urwa with a similar wording; this isnad is sound.
Sources: Tarikh Baghdad 11/227-228; al-Muntazam 6/290; Tadhkirat al-Huffaz 3/847-848; Tabaqat al-Hafiz 350-351; Shadharat al-Dhahab 2/307.
(2) In Tadhkirat al-Huffaz, 3/847, the name appears as “Sinan,” which is incorrect.
(3) Tarikh Baghdad 11/227.