حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ أَخُو قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ مُوسَی بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ کَعْبٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ إِنَّمَا کَانَتْ الْمُتْعَةُ فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ کَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَقْدَمُ الْبَلْدَةَ لَيْسَ لَهُ بِهَا مَعْرِفَةٌ فَيَتَزَوَّجُ الْمَرْأَةَ بِقَدْرِ مَا يَرَی أَنَّهُ يُقِيمُ فَتَحْفَظُ لَهُ مَتَاعَهُ وَتُصْلِحُ لَهُ شَيْئَهُ حَتَّی إِذَا نَزَلَتْ الْآيَةُ إِلَّا عَلَی أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَکَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَکُلُّ فَرْجٍ سِوَی هَذَيْنِ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 1122
Muhammad bin Ka'b narrated that: Ibn Abbas said: Mut'ah was only during the beginning of Islam. A man would arrive in a land that he was not familiar with so he would marry a woman for the extent of time that he thought he would remain there. So his Mut'ah was upheld and his case was fine until the (following) Ayah was revealed: Except their wives or what their right hands possess. Then every private part other than those became unlawful.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020