05-12-2008, 08:55 PM
Bismillah
Karbala, i was waiting for you to bring this up. Because I knew that the Muta issue is based on this particular word in this noble Ayah. let me try to help you Karbala and of course you dont have to take my word. I will just try to do my job being a native Arabic speaker so that Allah Wont ask me why didnt I? Karbala, the اسْتَمْتَعْتُم here refers to consumating the marriage. Since as you are aware, Allah Legalised divorce before marriage consumation as explained in Baqarah. I m typing this at midnigh tomorrow INsh aAllah I will quote the Ayah. Allah in this Ayah differentiate between divorce before and after consumation. However, because Allah's language is incomparable, in that Ayah he is refering to the act of consumation in a polite manner which is <i><b>estamtum behin. </b></i>. As you are quite aware, Muta marriage does not entail any financial liabilities, isnt it???