Intercourse with a purchased slave woman and the meaning of: “except what your right hands possess”
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Question:
The Shaykh informed you, may Allah grant you success: If a person buys a slave woman, is it permissible for him to marry her? And what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted, “except what your right hands possess”?
Answer:
This is the intended meaning. If he buys her, or she is found for him, or he inherits her, and she enters his ownership through a lawful path, then she becomes his property. Just as he owns her neck, he owns her benefit. Among the benefits of ownership is the right of the right hand. If he buys her or owns her, or through any other means of acquisition, according to the correct view, he may take her as a concubine.
The Shaykh informed you, may Allah grant you success: If a person buys a slave woman, is it permissible for him to marry her? And what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted, “except what your right hands possess”?
Answer:
This is the intended meaning. If he buys her, or she is found for him, or he inherits her, and she enters his ownership through a lawful path, then she becomes his property. Just as he owns her neck, he owns her benefit. Among the benefits of ownership is the right of the right hand. If he buys her or owns her, or through any other means of acquisition, according to the correct view, he may take her as a concubine.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 20 من 60 / شرح كتاب قرة عيون الموحدين / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:11:03)
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