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Hammad is my company mate a Pakistani from Karachi and he replied as follows ..
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wa alaikum as salam.
If you want guidance, only Allah can help you... If you want answers, MAYBE
i can....
Here are the answers again:
1. muta (temporary) marriage is haram. it was legalized for a while. then it
was made haram (both during the life of the prophet). Some of the shia still
practice it thinking that it is allowed. Good article discussing its
prohibition:
http://www.islam.org.au/articles/12/TMPMRIG.HTM
For the shia argument refer to:
http://www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia/chapter6a/
I think it is clear from the articles that the shia argument is pretty weak.
2. This is more complicated:
a. if the marriage is contracted with both parties agreeing to a temporary
marriage, then it is no different from muta....
b. If someone marries another person, while hiding his/her intention that
he/her will divorce his/her spouse after some time period, then the marriage
contract is ok, but is the person commiting a haram? I dont know.
c. if someone marries another person for the green card without having the
intention to divorce, this is acceptable from the shariah perspective since
the intention behind the marriage doesn't make the contract void. In other
words, one can marry a woman for any reason: He is attracted to her, he
wants her money, she is from a noble family, their stars match
, etc
etc.... In all cases, as long as the marriage contract fulfills the
requirements of islam, it is ok.
In any case, let us not forget the basic criteria the prophet set for us
regarding marriage: We should marry someone who is pious and we feel
attracted to. There are many hadiths which talk about marrying the one who
is serious about her deen and who we find beautiful.
3. A haram is a haram is a haram.... One has to avoid doing haram all the
time. One has to avoid ALL that is haram. The attitude that a particular
haram is 'less' than another is very dangerous and destructive. Let us not
forget that Bani Israel's similar attitude got them into serious serious
trouble!
Furthermore, it is understandable--though very regrettable--that someone
might commit a haram while his/her attitude is to TRY to avoid it as much as
he/she can... But to have an attitude that doesn't even care about or try to
avoid doing a haram--whether small or big--is pathetic to say the least....
hope that this helps.
Wassalam
hammad.