Sunni scholar Sayyid Abu’l A’la Maudoodi in his Rasail wa Masail Volume 2 page 22 wrote:
“The reality is this, of the practices that existed during
the jahiliyya, Nikah Mut’ah was also one, a women would be given a gift,
would then be married for a specific time. The approach of Rasulullah
(s) was that he would not deem a practise to be abrogated, until Allah
(swt) revealed a specific order to him, rather he would maintain
silence, or would even permit his adherents to adhere to it, subject to
circumstance, until a Surah was revealed in connection with Mut’ah. In
the beginning he remained silent, but when on travel or Jihad people
highlighted their sexual frustrations, Rasulullah (s) permitted it as an
order had not yet been revealed to Rasulullah (s). When the order came
he outlawed it, but this order did not reach the ears of all the people,
which is why some people due to their ignorance continued to practise
Mut’ah. Finally, Umar in his reign enforced the order with complete
strength.”
Reply
If only Maudoodi the great commentator of the Qur’an could elaborate
as to when this order took place? When was it revealed? Which verse was
revealed to abolish this practise? Did such an order only reach the
Ummah via the words of Rasulullah (s)? Did Allah (swt) not see the need
to send a verse to put an end to this jahiliyya practise? Maudoodi’s
claim that the order had not reached the ears of everyone and hence
continued to be practised on account of ignorance, clearly points to the
fact that the prohibition had not occurred in the Qur’an, if it had
then it would have reached all the people.
The more we analyse the arguments of Maudoodi, the more weak his
arguments become evident. Rasulullah (s) passed through his life, Abu
Bakr his entire reign as Khalifa, the people continued to practise Nikah
Mut’ah, it was ultimately left to Umar to put his foot down who
utilised his complete strength to bring this practise to an end. Was
there no strength in an order that had been given by Allah (swt) and his
Prophet (s) that would have lead to the Sahaba to bow to such a
prohibition? What strength did Umar possess to enable him to bring
Mut’ah to an end, strength that Allah (swt) and Rasulullah (s) had
missing in their itinerary? These comments of Maudoodi are indeed
amazing.
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