Re: Nikah for limited period
okayyy , take it then.
among Sahabh, take example of Ibn Abbas [ra] who deemed Mutah Halal:
as stated by him:
عن ابن عباس قال: يرحم الله عمر ما كانت المتعة إلا رحمة من الله رحم بها أمة محمد، ولولا نهيه عنها ما احتاج إلى الزنا إلا شقي
Ibn Abbas said:
Mut’ah was blessing of Allah upon the Ummah of Muhammad and had Umar not prohibited it the only person to fornicate would be a wretched person
Online Tafsir Dur e Manthur , Surah Nisa verse 24](كتاب: الدر المنثور في التفسير بالمأثور **|نداء الإيمان)
Online Ahkam al Quran al Jasas, Surah Nisa, Chapter: Mutah
Ibn Katheer’s in his Tafseer, Surah an-Nisa, Page 3 under the verse 4:24 said:
“Ibn Abbas an other Sahaba said that Mut’ah can be utilised when needed, Ibn Hanbal also narrated the same”.
Tafseer Ibn Katheer, Surah an-Nisa, Page 3
Take another example of hero of Nawasib Muawwiyah: We read in “Fathul Bari Shrah Sahih Bukhari” by Imam of Ahle-Sunnah Hafiz Ibn Hajar Asqalani (Volume 9 pages143-144):
"Mu’awiya contracted Mut’ah with a woman from Taif and this narration carries a sahih chain.
When Mu’awiya arrived in Taif, he performed Mut’ah with an unnamed slave belonging to Banu Hazrmee called Ma’ana, Jabir states that remained alive throughout Mu’awiya’s reign, and he gave her yearly stipends every year".
Online Fath al Bari](كتاب: فتح الباري شرح صحيح البخاري **|نداء الإيمان)
To be brief , let us directly see the list of sahabs who deemed Nikah al-Mutah to be Halal. Ibn Hajar Asqalani recorded:
According to Ibn Hazm, this group of Sahaba deemed Mut’ah to be halaal, ibn Masud, Mu’awiya , Abu Saeed, Ibn Abbas, Salma and Ma’bad the son of Umayyah bin Khalaf , Umro bin Hurayth ..”
Fath al Bari Sharah Sahih Bukhari, Vol 9 Kitab al Nikah
From Tabayeen:
lets take example of Saeed bin Jubayr. First let us read about his esteemed status in the madhab of Ahle Sunnah:
Ibn Hajar Asqalani about him.
“….He narrated hadiths from Ibn Abbas, Ibn Al-Zubair, Ibn Umar, Ibn Maqal, Uday Ibn Hatem, Abi Masood Al-Ansay, Abi Saeed Al-Khudari, Abu Hurayra, Abu Musa Al-Asha’ari, Al-Dahak Ibn Qais Al-Fehri, Anas, Amro Ibn Maymoon, Abi Abdulrahman Al-Sulami and lady Aysha….. Ibn Abi Mughera said that when people of Kufa visit used to Ibn Abbas to ask him for Fatwa, he used to say them: “Isn’t Saeed Ibn Jubayr among you?”… Amro Ibn Maymoon said that his father said that Saeed Ibn Jubayr passed away and every one on the earth attained his knowledge… Abu Al-Qasem Al-Tabari said: “He is a reliable Imam and hujah on Muslims”…..Ibn Haban Said: “He was jurist, worshiper, righteous and pious”.”
Tahdeeb al Tahdeeb, by Ibn Hajr Asaqlani Volume 4 No. 14
About the validity of Nikah al-Mutah deemd by Saeed bin Jubair we read:
Ibn Hazm said, those that deemed Mut’ah halaal after Rasulullah(s) and remained firm in this position, included Ibn Masud, Mu’awiya, Abu Saeed, Salma wa Majid, Umayya’s son, Jabeer and Umar bin Harith, Jabir cited the practise of Mut’ah by the Sahaba during the reign of Abu Bakr and Umar, amongst the Tabieen the jurists of Makkah and Taus and Saeed bin Jabayr and Ata deemed Mut’ah halaal. Those Tabieen that Ibn Hazm quoted on the lawfulness of Mut’ah, carried a Sahih chain, according to Abdul Razzaq
Fathul Bari Shrah Sahih Bukhari, Volume 9 p. 74 Dhikr Mut’ah
If this is not suffice then let us read clear cut narration:
“A beautiful Iraqi women resided in Makka, Saeed bin Jabeer Jubayr intended on visiting her, I asked why he spend so much time with the women, he said 'he had performed Nikah Mut’ah with the women, and that Nikah Mut’ah was more Halal than drinking water”
Online Musnaf Abdur Razzaq, Kitab al Talaq, Bab al Mutah, Hadith 14020](المكتبة الإسلامية - أسماء الكتب - إسلام ويب - المكتبة الإسلامية - إسلام ويب)
Cutting long story short, let see list of tabayeens as cited by Qadhi Thanaullah Panee Pathee in his Tafseer Mazhari, Volume 3, Page 19
“Ibn Hajr Asqalani cites those Tabieen that gave Fatwas on Mut’ah being halaal, they were Ibn Jurayj, Tawoos, ‘Ataa’, the students of Ibn Abbas, Sa’eed bin Jubair and the Fuqaha of Makka.”
Tafseer Mazhari, Volume 3, Page 19