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As we know marriage is a contract between a man and a woman to procreate the children to make them heirs of their property and have them legal rights. It basically has nothing to do with the religion. Now if you read the contract law you will see different types of contracts and you will also see how you have to fulfil your duties as to the contract and all the layout and blah blah blah. Same like any other contract ... contract of marriage has been described by Islam, there are some conditions to enter into this contract and there are some duties you have to fullfil if you are under this contract as being the party (where parties are male and female, with different set of duties). Now Islam only gives male the right to anull this marriage such as divorce. This right can be given to woman where she divorces herself. There is no such concept of divorcing a man by woman under Islamic law of marriage. Or she can go to court to get Khula, where court orders man to divorce his wife. This contract is life time long unless annulled.
Mutta: It is a type of marriage where you specify the Time of ending the contract i.e marriage for 1 day, 2 days, a year, two years .... etc etc and it is extendable. But the problem with this type of marriage is that woman doesn't need do go for "Iddat" and she can marry someone else the next day her mutta marriage finishes for another mutta or a regular marriage.
This problem has created lots of legal right for the children born due to the result of mutta marriage because no one was sure ... whose child is it ... particularly where another one day mutta was commenced soon after the one day one she finished.
Actually to be honest ... heera mandee and Qasaee Galee and such sort of bazaars in Pakistan are living because of this type of marriage. Otherwise everyone will be in the jails ....
If someone wants to know what is Iddat ... or why/how a woman have to do this iddat .. let me know and I'll explain.
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