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who said: “It was prohibited only in the year of the Conquest.” Those who held the latter view said: “It was prohibited, then permitted, and then prohibited again (1).” A third group claimed that it was permitted thereafter and then prohibited during the Farewell Pilgrimage.

The numerous, mass-transmitted reports concur that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—prohibited temporary marriage after having permitted it. The correct view is that, once prohibited, it was never permitted again; it was prohibited only in the year of the Conquest of Mecca and was never permitted thereafter (2). It was not prohibited in the year of Khaybar; rather, that was when the flesh of domesticated donkeys was prohibited. “Ibn Abbās used to permit temporary marriage and the flesh (3) of donkeys. Ali ibn Abī Tālib—may Allah be pleased with him—objected to him over this and said: ‘The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—prohibited temporary marriage with women and prohibited donkey meat on the day of Khaybar.’” Thus Ali—may Allah be pleased with him—coupled (4) the two in his account when he related this to Ibn Abbās—may Allah be pleased with them both—because Ibn Abbās used to permit both. Ibn Abbās—may Allah be pleased with him—also related that he retracted that view [when the hadith prohibiting both reached him] (5).

Thus Ahl al-Sunnah followed (6) Ali and others (7) among the Rightly Guided Caliphs in what they transmitted from the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

(1) The phrase “then it was prohibited” is omitted from B. (2) B reads: “When it was prohibited in the year of the Conquest of Mecca, it was never permitted thereafter.” (3) B reads: “temporary marriage and eating the flesh of …” (4) N and M read: “so he distinguished between them.” (5) The passage between square brackets appears only in B. It is omitted from all the other copies, which have a blank space in its place. (6) B reads: “follow”; S reads: “followed.” (7) B alone reads: “They followed Umar and Ali—may Allah be pleased with them both.”

قَالُوا: إِنَّمَا حُرِّمَتْ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ. وَمَنْ قَالَ بِالْآخَرِ قَالَ: إِنَّهَا حُرِّمَتْ ثُمَّ أُحِلَّتْ ثُمَّ حُرِّمَتْ (١) . وَادَّعَتْ طَائِفَةٌ ثَالِثَةٌ أَنَّهَا أُحِلَّتْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ حُرِّمَتْ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ. فَالرِّوَايَاتُ الْمُسْتَفِيضَةُ الْمُتَوَاتِرَةُ مُتَوَاطِئَةٌ عَلَى أَنَّهُ حَرَّمَ الْمُتْعَةَ بَعْدَ إِحْلَالِهَا. وَالصَّوَابُ أَنَّهَا بَعْدَ أَنْ حُرِّمَتْ لَمْ تُحَلَّ، وَأَنَّهَا إِنَّمَا حُرِّمَتْ عَامَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ وَلَمْ تُحَلَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ (٢) ، وَلَمْ تُحَرَّمْ عَامَ خَيْبَرَ بَلْ عَامَ خَيْبَرَ حُرِّمَتْ لُحُومُ الْحُمُرِ الْأَهْلِيَّةِ. «وَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يُبِيحُ الْمُتْعَةَ وَلُحُومَ (٣) الْحُمُرِ فَأَنْكَرَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - حَرَّمَ مُتْعَةَ النِّسَاءِ وَحَرَّمَ لُحُومَ الْحُمُرِ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ» ، فَقَرَنَ (٤) عَلِيٌّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - بَيْنَهُمَا فِي الذِّكْرِ لَمَّا رَوَى ذَلِكَ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا -؛ لِأَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ كَانَ يُبِيحُهُمَا. وَقَدْ رَوَى ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - أَنَّهُ رَجَعَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ [لَمَّا بَلَغَهُ حَدِيثُ النَّهْيِ عَنْهُمَا] (٥) . فَأَهْلُ السُّنَّةِ اتَّبَعُوا (٦) عَلِيًّا وَغَيْرَهُ (٧) مِنَ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ فِيمَا رَوَوْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -.

(١) عِبَارَةُ " ثُمَّ حُرِّمَتْ ": سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ب) . (٢) ب: وَإِنَّهَا لِمَا حُرِّمَتْ عَامَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ لَمْ تُحَلَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ. (٣) ب: الْمُتْعَةَ وَأَكْلَ لُحُومِ. . (٤) ن، م: فَفَرَّقَ. (٥) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ فِي (ب) فَقَطْ، وَسَقَطَ مِنْ سَائِرِ النُّسَخِ وَمَكَانُهُ بَيَاضٌ فِيهَا. (٦) ب: يَتَّبِعُونَ؛ ص: تَبِعُوا. (٧) ب: (فَقَطْ) : اتَّبَعُوا عُمَرَ وَعَلِيًّا - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا -