Umar Banned Mutah
Imran ibn Husayn and Imam Bukhari on Umar's Prohibition of Mutah
Al-Tawdih Sharh al-Jami al-Sahih v10 p2770, Hadith 4518
Imran ibn Husayn narrated: “The verse of Mutah was revealed in the Book of Allah, and we practiced it with the Messenger of Allah. No Quranic verse was revealed prohibiting it, nor did the Prophet forbid it until he died. Then a man expressed his own opinion as he wished.”
Imam Bukhari identified the man, saying: “It is said that he was Umar.”
نزلت آية المتعة في كتاب الله ففعلناها مع رسول الله ﷺ ولم ينزل قرآن يحرمه ولم ينه عنها حتى مات، قال رجل برأيه ما شاء، قال محمد: يقال إنه عمر.
Imam Ali Said Umar's Ban on Mutah Led to Fornication
Tafsir al-Tabari v6 p588
Imam Ali said: “If Umar had not forbidden Mutah, no one would have committed fornication except the wretched.”
قال الحكم: وقال علي رضي الله عنه: لولا أن عمر رضي الله عنه نهى عن المتعة، ما زنى إلا شقي.
Tafsir Fakhr al-Razi v10 p51
Fakhr al-Razi records that Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari narrated from Imam Ali that he said: “If Umar had not forbidden people from Mutah, no one would have committed fornication except the wretched.”
وروى محمد بن جرير الطبري في تفسيره عن علي بن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه أنه قال: لولا أن عمر نهى الناس عن المتعة ما زنى إلا شقي.
Imam Ali Cursed Umar for Banning Mutah
Bihar al-Anwar v53 p22
The Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali, said: “May Allah curse Ibn al-Khattab. If Umar had not forbidden Mutah, no one would have committed adultery except the wretched.”
وقول أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: لعن الله ابن الخطاب فلولا ما زنى إلا شقي أو شقية لأنه كان يكون للمسلمين غناء في المتعة عن الزنى.
