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I engaged in Mutah with a lady who is an atheist and required her to recite the Kalma before we consummated the marriage. I forgot this requirement until later, but she did recite it afterwards. Is the marriage valid?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Mut’ah marriage is not allowed with atheist or Mushrik unless and until she believes in Islam or a holy book like Torah or Bible (to be from People of Book). It is not only reciting the Kalma but more importantly believing that No Gods but Allah and Mohammad is His messenger (to be a Muslim),  or believing in Judaism or Christianity to be from Ahl al-Kitab. With out that, the marriage is invalid.

Wassalam.
Does a Mutah marriage automatically end when the specified time expires? If intimacy was a prerequisite, does that influence the conclusion of the Mutah?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Mut'ah is a time fixed Islamic marriage which ends automatically on the end of the agreed time. Both can renew the Mut'ah by reciting another Mut'ah contract with a Mahr and a new period of time if they wish. 
'Wassalam.
Is it true that a post-menopausal woman is not required to observe Iddah after marriage, whether permanent or temporary? Does this rule also extend to women of any age who have undergone a hysterectomy and no longer menstruate?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Yes, post-menopausal woman does not require to observe Iddah after divorce or termination of a temporary marriage. This rule is only for those women who have no menstruation because of their passing the age of menstruation. This rule does not extend to women who had hysterectomy and no longer menstruate. Such women who are in the age of menstruation require Iddah.

It is worth mentioning that Iddah of Wafat after the death of the husband is obligatory on every wife. It is four months and ten days from her knowledge about his death.

Wassalam.
What should I say to perform Mutah, and what steps should I follow to carry it out?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Both man and woman who want to enter in Mut'ah marriage need to agree between them the period of the contract and the Mahr (Dowry) which is the right of the woman. She starts telling him: ZAWWAJTOKA NAFSIV'ALAL MAHR AL-MA'LOOMAH LILMUDDATIL MA'LOOMAH زوَّجتُكَ نفسي على المهر المعلوم للمدّةآلمعلومة 

He replies her immediately: QABILTU AL-TAZWEEJ LINAFSI 'ALAMAHR AL-M'A'LOOM LIL MUDDATIL MA'LOOMAH. 

'Wassalam.