Analysis of the verse "Mut'a" (pleasure) based on the interpretive principles of Allameh Tabataba'i

Verse 24 of surah An-Nisā (the Women chapter), which is referred to as the verse "Mut'a", deals with the issue of temporary marriage. The different doctrinal and jurisprudential views of Shiites and Sunnis have caused differences in the interpretation of this verse. Well-known Imami scholars and jurists have accepted the legitimacy of the mut'a and ruled that it is permissible, while this legitimacy is disputed in the view of the Sunnis. How a jurisprudential ruling is understood and deduced from a verse has a very important role in accepting or not accepting that ruling. The mentioned verse is one of the jurisprudential verses that has been considered by commentators, including the late Allameh Tabataba'i, from whom they have taken and deduced rulings on mut'ah. The present article, while examining the interpretation of the verse based on the interpretive principles of Allameh, analyzes and explain how they use topics such as "lexicography, cause of revelation, narration, principles of jurisprudence, recitation, abrogation" in the field of proving the permissibility and acceptability of mut'ah.