—and divorce, the waiting period, and inheritance between husband and wife were prescribed—it was abrogated.” Al-Daraqutni and al-Bayhaqi recorded it. This chain of transmission is acceptable as corroborative evidence: its narrators are truthful, although Ibn Lahi'ah had weak retention. Al-Bayhaqi then narrated through a good chain from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, who said: “Inheritance abrogated temporary marriage.”
Bassam al-Sayrafi said: “I asked Ja'far ibn Muhammad about temporary marriage—and described it to him—whereupon he said to me: ‘That is fornication.’” Its chain is also good.
- “Do you know where this sets?” I said: “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He said: “It sets in a hot spring.”
Abu Dawud (4002), whose wording this is, and Ahmad (5/165) recorded it from Yazid ibn Harun, from Sufyan ibn Husayn, from al-Hakam ibn Utaybah, from Ibrahim al-Taymi, from his father, from Abu Dharr, who said: “I was riding behind the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while he was upon a donkey and the sun was setting. He said ...” He then cited it.
Ahmad added: “It continues on until it falls in prostration before its Lord beneath the Throne. When the time comes for it to emerge, Allah grants it permission, so it comes forth and rises. Then, when He wills it to rise from where it sets, He restrains it, and it says: ‘My Lord, my journey is far!’ He then says to it: ‘Rise from where you set.’ That is when no soul will benefit from its faith.”
I say: Its chain of transmission is authentic according to the criteria of Muslim. Muslim (1/96), al-Bukhari (3/318), al-Tayalisi (460), and Ahmad as well (5/145, 152/177) also recorded it through other routes from Ibrahim ibn Yazid al-Taymi, with the same wording, but without mentioning its setting in the hot spring.