The ruling on dealing with a disbelieving woman who has agreed to be a slave
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says. Regarding His saying[Al-Mu'minun 23:6] He says, may Allah preserve you, there is a disbelieving woman who has agreed to be a slave to me and a servant to me. Is it permissible for me to deal with her in this capacity that she desires?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not permissible for a person to enslave himself. It does not concern everyone, it does not concern everyone. Slavery does not occur except through a known path. Slavery does not occur except due to the capture of disbelievers. If they capture women and children, they enslave them and do not kill them. This is the capture in jihad in the path of Allah. For this reason, they say that slavery is a legal incapacity whose cause is disbelief.
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
When they refused to worship Allah, Allah made them slaves to creation as a punishment for them. They fled from the slavery for which they were created, so they were afflicted with the slavery of the self and Satan.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says. Regarding His saying
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْThe Shaykh:
No, it is not permissible for a person to enslave himself. It does not concern everyone, it does not concern everyone. Slavery does not occur except through a known path. Slavery does not occur except due to the capture of disbelievers. If they capture women and children, they enslave them and do not kill them. This is the capture in jihad in the path of Allah. For this reason, they say that slavery is a legal incapacity whose cause is disbelief.
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
When they refused to worship Allah, Allah made them slaves to creation as a punishment for them. They fled from the slavery for which they were created, so they were afflicted with the slavery of the self and Satan.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل فإذا عرف أن كل حركة فأصلها الحب والإرادة ... — islamhouse.com (59:37)
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