Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.33.7

78.33.7

After much discussion on this point the Ulama, having collected every Tradition on the subject, decreed, first that by mut'ah [not by nikah] a man might marry any number of wives he pleased: and secondly, that mut'ah marriages were allowed as legal by Imam Malik. The Shi‘ahs, as was well-known, loved children born in mut'ah wedlock more than those born of nikah wives, contrary to the Sunnis and Ahl-i-Jama‘at. On the latter point also the discussion became rather lively, and I would refer the reader to my work In this year, before the decision about Mut'ah marriages, the Emperor appointed Sayyid Muhammad, Mir 'Adl, for whom he entertained the highest respect, to go to Bakkar, and presented him with one of his own swords, and a horse, and a dress. Some time after arriving there he died (the mercy of God be upon him!). After his death a dress came into vogue, which to this day has never looked well on any one’s figure, one would say that it was as bizarre as the age! Some people mentioned that Haji Ibrahim of Sarhind had given a fatwá, by which he made it legal to wear red and yellow cloths, quoting at the same time a Tradition as his proof (P. 211). On hearing this the Mir 'Adl in the imperial presence called him an accursed wretch, abused him, and lifted up his stick to strike him, when the Haji by some subterfuges managed to get rid of him.