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/ Firstly
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[b] mashallah brother you have included two good links for people to look at. Then it is for a person to decide.
I had not previously come across the link you gave for the sunni point of view. How you come across the opinion that it proves the shia view is weak amazes me, as not only do they prove the legitamacy through sunni sources including bukhari and muslim, as well as through comments of most all of the sunni commentators of the quran and what they have recorded in their books of tafseer... as well as making the reader acquainted with how these views are in accordance with the hadith that have been narrated from the shia sources too....
But it amazes me that people read what Mulla X, Y & Z says about it and choose the fatwa of Mullah X, Y, Z over Sayings of the purified itrah (progeny) of the prophet (PBUH&HF) the co-equals to the quran, and whom have been likened by the prophet to the ark of Hazrat Nuh (AS) - whoever climbed on board was saved, whoever stayed away perished...
I too advise the brothers to visit both the links.
Allahuma salle ala Muhammed Wa Ale Muhammed