Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3368
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ الْجُهَنِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ أَذِنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِالْمُتْعَةِ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَرَجُلٌ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي عَامِرٍ فَعَرَضْنَا عَلَيْهَا أَنْفُسَنَا فَقَالَتْ مَا تُعْطِينِي فَقُلْتُ رِدَائِي . وَقَالَ صَاحِبِي رِدَائِي . وَكَانَ رِدَاءُ صَاحِبِي أَجْوَدَ مِنْ رِدَائِي وَكُنْتُ أَشَبَّ مِنْهُ فَإِذَا نَظَرَتْ إِلَى رِدَاءِ صَاحِبِي أَعْجَبَهَا وَإِذَا نَظَرَتْ إِلَىَّ أَعْجَبْتُهَا ثُمَّ قَالَتْ أَنْتَ وَرِدَاؤُكَ يَكْفِينِي . فَمَكَثْتُ مَعَهَا ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ مِنْ هَذِهِ النِّسَاءِ اللاَّتِي يَتَمَتَّعُ فَلْيُخَلِّ سَبِيلَهَا " .
Qutaybah reported to us; he said: al-Layth narrated to us, from al-Rabi' ibn Sabrah al-Juhani, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) permitted temporary marriage. A man and I went to a woman from Banu Amir and offered ourselves to her. She asked, ‘What will you give me?’ I said, ‘My cloak.’ My companion also said, ‘My cloak.’ His cloak was better than mine, and I was younger than he was. When she looked at my companion’s cloak, she liked it; when she looked at me, she liked me. Then she said, ‘You and your cloak are enough for me.’ I stayed with her for three days. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘Whoever has any of these women in a temporary marriage should let her go.’
Translation notes
The report narrates the initial permission, the woman’s agreed consideration of a cloak, the three-day period, and the later instruction to end these temporary unions.