Aisha's Sister the Mut'ah Whore

What follows is an excerpt from my post Mut'ah

In Islamic literature we read that Aisha's sister, Asma, was a mut'ah whore. From an article:

According to some reports, Asma' bint Abu Bakr, sister of the mother of believers Aisha, admitted to have practiced Muta'a during the life of the prophet.

A large group amongst the pious Salaf deemed Mutah hallal after the death of Rasulullah (s), Imam Nasai narrated from Muslim Qarai that we went before Asma binte Abu Bakr and we asked her about Mutah with women, she said I performed this Mutah during the lifetime of Rasulullah (s)

Reference:

• Allamah Ibn Hajr Asqalani in 'Talkhees al Haseer fi Takhreej al Hadeeth al Rafa al Kabeera' Volume 3 page 159

Musnad al-Tayalassi (#1637) and Mu'ujam al-Tabarani:

We gathered before Asma Binte Abu Bakr and asked her about Mut’ah with women. She said: During the lifetime of Rasulullah(s) I personally contracted Mut’ah....

Maulana Waheed’ud Deen az Zaman (In the Urdu translation of Muwatta Imam Malik page 39) said:

Amongst the great Imams and the majority of the Ulema Nikah Mutah is not permissible, they however acknowledge that Mutah was practised, and was made haraam on the Day of Khayber, it was then practised at Umrah Dhul Qada, it was then made haraam at the time of the victory of Makka, was then allowed at the Battle of Autas, it was then made haraam, it was then allowed at Tabuk, and then made haraam at the time of the Farewell Pilgrimmage. The people benefiited from the continual bans and permissions, some practised Mutah whilst others refrained from it, to the extent that after the death of Rasulullah (s), this state of affairs continued during the reign of Abu Bakr, as was the case with the early portion of Umar’s khilafath, wherein it was deemed to be halaal. Umar then deemed it prohibited on the pulpit and the people subsequently stopped practising Mutah. Some Sahaba continued to maintain the position that Mutah was permissible, such Jabir ibn Abdullah, Abdullah ibn Masud, Abu Saeed, Mu’awiyah, Asma bine Abu Bakr, Abdullah ibn Abbas, Umro bin Harees, Salma bin Akwa. A group amongst the tabieen also upheld the legitimacy to practise Mutah.

Imam al-Shukani said in Nayl al-Awttar:

ibn Hazm mentioned in his book al-Muhalla the following about a group of companions, other then ibn Abbas: a group of companions held the position that Muta'a was halal, and among them were Asma' bint Abu Bakr, Jabir ibn Abdullah, Abdullah ibn Masu'ud, Mua'awiya, Amru ibn Huraith, Abu Sae'ed and Salma, sons of Umayya ibn Khalaf. Jabir narrated that it was practiced during the lifetime of the prophet, the reign of Abu Bakr and till about the end of the reign of Umar. It was also said that Umar refused its practice without the presence of two witnesses. Of the Tabie'en who considered it halal are Tawss, A'atta' and Sae'ed ibn Jubayr, and all the Fuqaha' of Macca. al-Haffedh, in his Talkhees, said after quoting ibn Hazm, that ibn jurayj, the Faqih of Macca, was one of the famous ones who considered Muta'a halal...

Ibn Zubair gave a speech over the pulpit in Mecca when Ibn Abbas was sitting under the pulpit beside other people. Then Ibn Zubair said:

"Among these people is a man whom Allah has made his heart blind as He did with his eyes (referring to Ibn Abbas who was blind at the time); and he thinks that Muta'a of woman is permitted by Allah and his Messenger; and he issues religious verdicts for every single issue; and he has stolen the treasury of Basra yesterday and caused financial problems for the people of that city, and how can I blame him when he fought the mother of believers (Aisha) and the companions of the Messenger of Allah and those who protected him."

Hearing that, Ibn Abbas said to Sa'd Ibn Khuthaimah to take him in front of Ibn Zubair since Ibn Abbas was blind. After he faced Ibn Zubair, Ibn Abbas said:

"O' Ibn Zubair! As for blindness, verily Allah said in Quran that: For indeed it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts, which are within the bosoms, that grow blind. (Quran 22:46)

And as for my religious verdicts, there are reasons behind them that neither you nor your companions comprehend them. And as for the treasury, it was the money which was collected and we gave every liable person his just share. As for Muta'a, you better ask your mother Asma'! (note: Ibn Zubair was born of Muta'a marriage between Zubair and the daughter of Abu Bakr, Asma'). And as for our fighting the mother of believers, her title is referring to us, not you and your father (i.e., 'believers' is referring to us). Your father (Zubair) and your uncle (Talha) destroyed the protection that Allah provided for her, and used her for Fitna by fighting beside her while keeping their own wives at their homes; and they were not fair to Allah and His Messenger by exposing the wife of the Prophet and protecting their own wives; and as our fight against you (in the battle of Camel), we came forward to you, and if we were infidels (Kuffar) then you have become infidels by running away from us (after being defeated in the battle field), and if we were believers then you have become infidels by fighting against us. And if a woman was not among you, I wouldn't leave any bone among your people unless I would have broken."

When Ibn Zubair came back to his mother and ask her about Muta'a, she replied: "Did I not warn you from facing Ibn Abbas and facing Bani Hashim (The clan of the Prophet, because they have answer for everything. O my son! Avoid this blind man for neither human nor unseen creatures (Jinn) can corner him."