Edited sentence: ), both are contracted overwhelmingly for the sole purpose of satisfying ones sexual desires, and both enable a client to constantly pursue new providers with no limit on the number or background of the providers.For Sunnis, Nikah Mut'ah equates to prostitution because the procedures between the two are exactly the same, namely: Both require the client to pay a fee for the service, both have an agreed upon time-limit for the service, both have an agreement between the client and the provider as to the nature of the service, both protect the client from any unplanned occurrences (such as impregnation) beyond the accepted contract with the provider, both are carried out in procedures and aims that go against the normal procedures and aims of marriage (such as: requiring a specific number of witnesses, requiring some form of wedding ceremony, requiring intended life-long love and commitment between the couple, aiming to raise a family etc