The Ruling on Marrying a Slave Woman
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a man buys a slave woman, is it permissible for him to marry her? The intended meaning is the phrase of Allah the Exalted: “except what your right hands possess.”
Answer:
That is the intended meaning. If he buys her, or she is bequeathed to him, or he inherits her, and she enters his ownership through a lawful means, she becomes his property. He owns her person and her benefit, which includes her sexual relations. If he buys her or acquires her ownership by hand, by inheritance, or by any other valid form of ownership, he may seek to marry her.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a man buys a slave woman, is it permissible for him to marry her? The intended meaning is the phrase of Allah the Exalted: “except what your right hands possess.”
Answer:
That is the intended meaning. If he buys her, or she is bequeathed to him, or he inherits her, and she enters his ownership through a lawful means, she becomes his property. He owns her person and her benefit, which includes her sexual relations. If he buys her or acquires her ownership by hand, by inheritance, or by any other valid form of ownership, he may seek to marry her.
Source
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