BTW, I also found it so ......... (I don't want to say smth that Allah may not like). this post mentioned name of some Sahabi who made a temp. nikah with a slave and then kept paying her yearly stipend throughout his regime ......
so the worth of a woman is that you can take gifts or pay yearly stipend (is it a fee for her services) and can do that woman legally? cuz if you do a woman without any legal basis of the realtionship, but you do pay her for the services, isn't it called, prostitution? So u can go ahead sign a paper and keep a paid one in your own house for as long as you desire (or for the duration in that contract).
May Allah forgive me for saying smth that may be wrong, but this whole concept as explained here, I find it so insulting and degrading to women. I wonder how many women (Shi'a or Sunni) would be willing to take such a role i.e. paid for ur "services" for a temp. period of time?? I better stay out of this thread, making me feel so cheap being a woman
Is that all we are worth?