Using the term *qarīnah* for a Muslim wife
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it correct to say of a Muslim woman that she is the *qarīnah* of such-and-such a Muslim man?
Answer:
Yes. I am not with her; rather, one says her wife or her *'aqīlah*. Her *'aqīlah* or her *qarīnah* is fine. If by *qarīnah* one means the wife, there is no harm in that, because it is an expression by meaning. It is an expression by meaning: *qarīnah*, or *'aqīlah*, or wife, or companion, or her companion. And *baniyyah* means her wife.
Honorable Shaykh, is it correct to say of a Muslim woman that she is the *qarīnah* of such-and-such a Muslim man?
Answer:
Yes. I am not with her; rather, one says her wife or her *'aqīlah*. Her *'aqīlah* or her *qarīnah* is fine. If by *qarīnah* one means the wife, there is no harm in that, because it is an expression by meaning. It is an expression by meaning: *qarīnah*, or *'aqīlah*, or wife, or companion, or her companion. And *baniyyah* means her wife.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب الجنايات - 2 — islamhouse.com (1:13:35)
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