Mu’awiya also practised Mut’ah al-Nisa

We shall cite the following authentic Sunni sources as proof:

1. Fatah ul Bari, Volume 9 page 174
2. Talkhees al Habeer, Volume 3 page 159
3. Sharh Zarqani (commentary of Muwatta) Volume 3 page 53
4. Aujza al Masalik, Sharh Muwatta, Volume 9 page 403
5. Nail al-Autar Volume 6 page 153
6. Musanaf Abdul Razaq, Volume 7 page 499

Imam Ibn Hajr Asqalani in ‘Talkhees al Habeer fi Takhreej al Hadeeth al Rafa al Kabeer’ Volume 3 page 159 (printed Cairo) quotes Ibn Hazam as follows:

“After the death of Holy Prophet (s), a group of Salaf deemed it Halal. Amongst the Sahaba they were Asma bint Abi Bakr, Jabir bin Abdullah, Ibn Masood, Ibn Abbas, Mu’awiya, Amr bin Huraith, Abu Saeed, Salama and Mu’abad bin Umaya bin Khalaf. He said that Jabir reported from the companions that (it was valid) during the reign of the Prophet, Abu Bakr and some part of Umar’s reign. He said that it is reported from Umar that he forbade it only if there were not two just witnesses. Some of Tab’een deemed (it halal) such as Tawous, Atta, Saeed bin Jubair and the majority of the jurists of Makka.”

The above individuals, all highly esteemed in the Sunni faith, deemed Mut’ah to be halaal after the death of Rasulullah(s).

If it was haram and is Zina, then why did the site in law of Rasulullah (s) practise it? And then we have the beloved Imam of Enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt (as), fifth Imam of Ahlul Sunnah, Mu’awiya, believed it, practised it and paid this woman regular stipends? We read in Fatah ul Bari Volume 9 pages 174:

Abdulrazaq recorded from Safwan bin Yala bin Umaya that he said: ‘Yala told me that Muawiya perfrormed mutah with a woman in Taaif’. The chain is Sahih, but in Abi al-Zubair’s narration from Jabir as Abdulrazaq recorded was from past and text is: “When Muawiya arrived in Taaif, he performed mutah with a slave woman whose name was Mu’ana and she belonged to Bani al-Hadhrami” Then Jabir said: ‘Mu’ana lived till Mu’awiya’s riegn, he used to send her stipends every year’.
Fatah ul Bari Volume 9 pages 17

This has been similarly recorded in Musanaf Abdul Razaq, Volume 7 page 499.

Before parting, we deem it apt to cite the following account of the one of the most close Nasibi companion of Muawiya namely Samra bin Jundab:

“The father of Sulayman, perhaps he is Samra bin Jundab, he narrated from Manda from Mubsher bin Ismail from Huraiz bin Uthman from Sulayman bin Samir from his father that he said: ‘We used to perform Mut’ah during the time of Allah’s Messenger.”
Al-Isaba, Volume 3 page 185 Biography No. 3494

Comment:

If Mut’ah is adultery in the eyes of Nawasib like that of ‘Sipah e Sahaba’ (kr-hcy.com) then will they issue an edict against Mu’awiya for committing adultery? And why are they not ashamed of the adultery committed by their caliph and beloved sahabi? Nawasib such as Ansar.org are very proud to call Mu’awiya a ‘Hadi’ (guide) according to a (supposed) hadeeth, if the ‘Hadi’ of Nawasib is an adulterer then what can we expect from his followers!

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