According to several sources, Shi´a Islam allows Nikāḥ al-Mutʿah or `marriage for pleasure´, a contentious option that permits temporary, contractual marriage. The marriage´s duration is decided before marrying and is automatically terminated upon completion of the agreed time period. Marriages may be renewed and financial payments may occur, typically with the husband paying the wife.
I wonder if this will tempt Sunni Muslims to join the par-tay
To join or already
joined? Ever heard of marriage contract known as '
Misyar' before? It's a Sunni phenomenon and practiced a lot in the Gulf lately:
American in Arabia Muses on Saudi 'Misyar' Marriages: 'Halal Hook-Ups'
A recent study in Saudi Arabia has shown that 35% of marriages end in divorce. This equals to roughly one divorce every half an hour. The noticeable effects this has on Saudi culture are increased expenses in families (for divorced divorcées who go back to the parents' house), young men delaying marriage because of the costs, and daughters who are marginalized (the stigma as a female divorcée puts limitations on women to find gainful employment in the Kingdom or another marriage).
It seems that many of the relationships were bound under a temporary guise of marriage called Misyar. While these are legal and religiously binding, they, in practice, play out as ‘till boredom do we part’. The result is a higher rate of divorces and marriages being treated without much consideration at all, even to the point that many don’t even register the union at the Civil Affairs office. Misyar is the Sunni version (roughly, if you will) of the more widely known Shia practice, Mutta, a.k.a “Hezbollah’s Halal hook-up”
http://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/am ... ups-413665
...there must be a way round weed too. 
