Ruling 2388
If the man and the woman are to say the formula of a temporary marriage themselves, then after specifying the period and the amount of dowry, the woman says:
زَوَّجْتُكَ نَفْسِيْ فِي الْمُدَّةِ الْمَعْلُوْمَةِ عَلَى الْمَهْرِ الْمَعْلُوْمِ
zawwajtuka nafsī fil muddatil maʿlūmah ʿalal mahril maʿlūm
I wed myself to you for the agreed-upon period with the agreed-upon dowry.
After that, without there being any significant gap, the man says:
قَبِلْتُ
qabiltu
I accept.
If this is done, the marriage contract is valid. If the man and the woman each appoint an agent [to say the marriage contract formula on their behalf], then first the woman’s agent says to the man’s agent:
زَوَّجْتُ مُوَکِّلَتِيْ مُوَکِّلَكَ فِي الْمُدَّةِ الْمَعْلُوْمَةِ عَلَى الْمَهْرِ الْمَعْلُوْمِ
zawwajtu muwakkilatī muwakkilaka fil muddatil maʿlūmah ʿalal mahril maʿlūm
I wed my client to your client for the agreed-upon period with the agreed-upon dowry.
After that, without there being any significant gap, the man’s agent says:
قَبِلْتُ التَّزْوِيْجَ لِمُوَكِّلِي هٰکَذَا
qabiltut tazwīja limuwakkilī hākadhā
I accept the marriage on behalf of my client accordingly.
If this is done, the marriage contract is valid.[1]
—Ayatullah Sistani, Practical Laws of Islam, Marriage
Variations of the marriage formula are mentioned in Minhāj al‑Ṣāliḥīn (vol. 3, pp. 24-26).