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According to the above ahadith, the purpose of the mahr is to make sexual relations lawful to the man. In explicit terms, as stated above, the mahr is payment for [[Sex|sexual intercourse with the woman.]] | According to the above ahadith, the purpose of the mahr is to make sexual relations lawful to the man. In explicit terms, as stated above, the mahr is payment for [[Sex|sexual intercourse with the woman.]] | ||
===Temporary marriage | ===Temporary marriage=== | ||
{{quote | {{Muslim|8|3249}} | | {{quote | {{Muslim|8|3249}} | | ||
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: We contracted temporary marriage giving a handful of (tales or flour as a dower during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and during the time of Abu Bakr until 'Umar forbade it in the case of 'Amr b. Huraith. }} | Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: We contracted temporary marriage giving a handful of (tales or flour as a dower during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and during the time of Abu Bakr until 'Umar forbade it in the case of 'Amr b. Huraith. }} | ||
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Sabra b. Ma'bad reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) permitted his Companions to contract temporary marriage with women in the Year of Victory. So I and a friend of mine from Banu Sulaim went out, until we found a young woman of Banu Amir who was like a young she-camel having a long neck. ''''We made proposal to her for contracting temporary marriage with us, and presented to her our cloaks (as dower).'''' She began to look and found me more handsome than my friend, but found the cloak of my friend more beautiful than my cloak. She thought in her wind for a while, but then preferred me to my friend. So I remained with her for three (nights), and then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded us to part with them (such women). }} | Sabra b. Ma'bad reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) permitted his Companions to contract temporary marriage with women in the Year of Victory. So I and a friend of mine from Banu Sulaim went out, until we found a young woman of Banu Amir who was like a young she-camel having a long neck. ''''We made proposal to her for contracting temporary marriage with us, and presented to her our cloaks (as dower).'''' She began to look and found me more handsome than my friend, but found the cloak of my friend more beautiful than my cloak. She thought in her wind for a while, but then preferred me to my friend. So I remained with her for three (nights), and then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded us to part with them (such women). }} | ||
The issue of temporary marriage is a complicated one in Islam. Most modern orthodox Sunnis and Sunnis clerics reject it though it is still frequently practiced by Shi'ites, especially in Iran. Never the less the practice is well attested to in classical texts and also is attested to in pre-Islamic accounts of Arab life such as by the last great pagan historian writing in Latin, Amianus Marcellinus writing around 380 AD, and as the above ahadith show the mahr was given for the temporary "pleasure marriages" which seems to indicate that it was a price to be paid for having sex with the woman whose family received it. | The issue of temporary marriage is a complicated one in Islam. Most modern orthodox Sunnis and Sunnis clerics reject it though it is still frequently practiced by Shi'ites, especially in Iran. Never the less the practice is well attested to in classical texts and also is attested to in pre-Islamic accounts of Arab life such as by the last great pagan historian writing in Latin, Amianus Marcellinus writing around 380 AD, and as the above ahadith show the mahr was given for the temporary "pleasure marriages" which seems to indicate that it was a price to be paid for having sex with the woman whose family received it. | ||
===Equal to other women of their status=== | ===Equal to other women of their status=== | ||