# Do any Sunni scholars say mut'ah is not haram? *A Moroccan Maliki thesis on mut'ah and an immature debate over it* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/o3so0hmtatc/s/2/ - Date: 2018-07-21 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Sunni & Shia differences on Mutah, theological or political? - Mufti Abu Layth (3:15–5:57) - Status: general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3SO0Hmtatc&t=195s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/o3so0hmtatc/ **Topics:** Polygamy and mut'ah; Dawah and debate culture **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** A recent Moroccan Maliki scholar argues in a book that mut'ah is not haram; Mufti Abu Layth calls the 'marry me your daughter' retort in his debate with a Salafi immature. **Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says the debate's 'then marry your daughter to me' retort was an immature and stupid thing to say. **Evidence, his words at 4:28:** “the usual kind of responses which I found very immature like you know okay if you think motaz okay then marry your daughter to me” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3SO0Hmtatc&t=268s) ## Longer summary After a light-hearted exchange with viewers, Mufti Abu Layth turns to research he finds interesting: a recent Maliki scholar from Morocco has published a book, apparently his thesis, revisiting temporary marriage on the basis of Sunni thought, in which he argues from many sources that mut'ah is not actually haram. Mufti says this scholar debated a popular Salafi shaykh in Morocco, a debate available on YouTube, and that it was dumb: the Salafi's retort was to offer temporary marriage to the other man's daughter, and the reply was an insult about the Salafi's daughter. He contrasts this with how academics at Oxford or Cambridge would debate and calls the exchange immature. ## Sources and names cited - mut'ah (temporary marriage) - Salafi ## Transcript (machine tier, 3:15–5:57) [2:34] deprived and depraved so let's just face it that you know so why are you bashing the Shiar muta that's sister I just find is it just a point of jealousy anyway let's move on let's move on all right so what's going on right I've done a bit of sharpening peoples and book shopping you can't really see my books yeah but loads all right you know I spoke last week about salable party and this research that I've been doing for a little while now somebody said muta is fun though I kind of wish Sony's believed in it too you believe [3:14] believe of course of course we are people of belief on that note there is a people who are interesting research on the topic of Mataura there is a recent Maliki scholar from Morocco who's published a whole book after his research which I think it was his thesis but his research is called The Watcher Matara Kara attended either fulfill a Sunni which means that [3:51] Motorama reach like temporary marriage a revisiting based on Sunni thought and it's really interesting because he argues in this book the motor is not actually Haram but only through so many sources and it's really fascinating his kind of whole and he has a debate with share with the Salafi shell hits on YouTube his name is Abram as rock this doctor and he debates in Morocco a he's Moroccan and he debates another can salafi so his Maliki debates a [4:28] selfie by a popular diary selfie that he by the name chef is easy and he's debating him and it's so the debate was so dumb some of you know it's like the usual kind of responses which I found very immature like you know okay if you think motaz okay then marry your daughter to me now I'll do matter with her what the hell is that about how could I mean seriously could you imagine two academic kind of like professors like let's say in Oxford or [5:07] Cambridge having a debate like this is this how what a dump what a stupid thing to say like oh so you think it's halal to have a temporary okay then give marry your daughter to me as a temporary marriage and then that guy says something like get lost I would never marry my daughter to even if he came asking and and then he this was as he says well I wouldn't want to marry your daughter because she's gonna be ugly like you shuffle and this is on YouTube I thought wow this is like a [5:45] debate between thought this is just wow this is amazing man like how dumb people are anyway moving on ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment O3SO0Hmtatc/s/2. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/o3so0hmtatc/s/2/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.