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Sahih Bukhari 5118 — Repeated Report of Mut'ah Permission
Allah's Messenger (saws) prohibited Nikah-al-Mut'a lately.
Hadith About Temporary Marriage Permission in an Army
Sahih Bukhari : 5118
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5118
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ عَمْرٌو عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَسَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ، قَالاَ كُنَّا فِي جَيْشٍ فَأَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " إِنَّهُ قَدْ أُذِنَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَسْتَمْتِعُوا فَاسْتَمْتِعُوا ".
Jabir bin `Abdullah and Salama bin Al-Akwa` Narrated from:
While we were in an army, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to us and said, "You have been allowed to do the Mut'a (marriage), so do it."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5117, 5118In-book reference : Book 67, Hadith 54USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 62, Hadith 52
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5118
This hadith about temporary marriage permission repeats the report from Jabir bin Abdullah and Salama bin Al-Akwa. They said they were in an army when Allah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم came and told them that Mut'ah had been allowed to them, so they could do it. Because the wording is the same as the previous narration, the core message remains the same: the text records a permission given in that situation. It does not, by itself, give the full timeline of all reports about Mut'ah. For users searching for Nikah al-Mut'ah hadith, temporary marriage allowed, or Sahih Bukhari 5118, the safest explanation is to quote the report’s setting and avoid adding claims beyond it.
What we learn from this hadith
- The hadith repeats the army setting.
- It reports permission for Mut'ah in that situation.
- Repeated narrations can preserve the same wording through another entry.
- The text should be read with care and not separated from related reports when discussing the full topic.
