Did Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, permit mut'ah marriage if it was witnessed by just arbiters, as in the narration from Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq, where his question appears to be only about the witnesses, and how is his saying, "I feared it would be a deception by the other," to be interpreted, taking into account his pronouncement of the prohibition of mut'ah and the stoning of anyone who engages in mut'ah while being a Muhsan?
Mut'ah marriage is temporary marriage, and it is invalid and forbidden according to the majority of scholars, and there is a reported consensus on its prohibition. As for the narration concerning 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding mut'ah, he asked about witnesses to distinguish it from zina (fornication/adultery), and to clarify that a woman does not witness a marriage, then he prohibited it when it became clear that it was mut'ah.
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