# Concept of Temporary marriage vs Conditional marriage in Islam:
In Islam, fornication, adultery and concept of boyfriend-girlfriend is haraam (strictly prohibited – unislamic), and Marriage is encouraged to avoid such illicit relationship.
There are 3 types of marriage concept out of which 2 are allowed and halal (permissible) in Islam and 1 is haram (strictly prohibited) and unislamic.
1) Temporary marriage called Mutah is haram (strictly prohibited) in Islam and is a type of fornication, where a boy and a girl marry for a specific length of time (days or months)
2) Normal Marriages: These type of marriage which generally takes place legally in all cultures, where after marriage girl goes to her husband house to stay.
3) Conditional marriage also known as Misyar marriage in Islam, where after marrying legally, girl don’t go to stay with her husband, but stays with her parents or separately, and husband-wife meet each other for love and sex.
The reason behind such marriage is
a) some women need to stay in their family home, either because they are the only care-givers for family members, or parents are old and she has to take care of them.
b) or because the woman is handicap and her family do not want the husband to be burdened with something he cannot bear, and he stays in touch with her without having to put too great a burden on himself
c) or because she is divorced or widow and has children, and cannot move with them to her husband’s house
d) in some cases a man has 2 or more wives and and do not want to keep them together to avoid any issues.
e) in some cases boy do not have separate flat or home and stays in joint family and to accommodate another person is not possible, or girl feels uncomfortable staying with them in joint family.