Endnotes: chapter thirteen

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1. Ibn Maja, Nikah 44.
2. W. Juynboll, p.228; al-Bukhari, Nikah 32; Ibn Maja, Nikah 44, "The Prophet of God forbade mut`a and domestic asses in the year of Khaibar." Muslims conquered the valley of Khaibar in 628 A.D., and there is a tradition that says that Muhammad commanded his friends in the year of conquering Mecca, i.e. 630, to enjoy women (Muslim, Nikah 24).
3. Sura al-Baqara 2:196.
4. al-Bukhari, Hajj 35.
5. W. Juynboll, p.228; al-Mabsut, 4:202.
6. al-Hidaya (Cairo, n.d.), 1:195: "Malik Ibn Anas narrated: The enjoyment of women remains lawful, but we say that it has been abolished by the consensus [ijma`] of the Companions of Muhammad."
7. Abu Ja`far Muhammad al-Kulini, al-Furu` min al-Kafi (Tehran, 1378), 5:449.
8. ibid. 4:449-450.
9. ibid. 4:450.
10. ibid.
11. Muslim, Nikah 44.
12. Abu Dawud, Manasik 23.
13. Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, 2:95.
14. al-Kulini, 5:452.
15. ibid. 5:452-453.
16. Abu Ja`far al-Tusi, al-Tibyan (al-Najaf, 1975), 3:118. Abu `Ali al-Fadl al-Tabarsi, Majma` al-bayan (Tehran, 1382), 3:9.
17. al-Kulini, 5:453.
18. ibid.
19. ibid. 5:454.
20. ibid.
21. ibid. 5:455.
22. Musnad al-Imam al-Ridha (Tehran, 1392), 3:273.

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