What is the wisdom behind taking captives, and likewise regarding the act of intercourse with a slave woman?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : ... the verse can be found in the books ... people revolve around it ... the wisdom behind that ...

The Shaykh : The wisdom is what we mentioned to you in a previous lesson. The wisdom is that these captives live in an Islamic environment, so they learn Islam up close. Because this disbeliever, in his own land, how do the disbelieving leaders portray the Muslims? For example, regarding the Muslims, they say that they worship the Black Stone simply because when a Muslim circumambulates the Ka'bah, he kisses the stone, so they attribute to us the worship of idols. Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, the Prophet of the Muslims, how do they portray him? As a man without accountability, a tailor, meaning a lustful man, because he married nine women. But when a person reads history, it becomes clear that he did not marry a virgin woman among the women except the Lady 'A'ishah. If the man were as these disbelievers claim, he would have found all the daughters of the Arabs like servants at his disposal. So when this captive comes and lives under the pressure of captivity and slavery in an Islamic environment, he finds the truths revealed to him, contrary to what he was taught in the land of disbelief and misguidance. Therefore, this captivity, which Muslims themselves unfortunately consider a violation of the rights of this human being whom Allah created free, let alone these disbelievers, overlooks this reality: that this is, in its appearance, a harm, but in its reality and outcome, it is a good. I mentioned in a previous lesson that the Messenger (peace be upon him) pointed to this reality when he said: . So the great scholars of the Tabi'un, such as al-Hasan al-Basri and 'Ata ibn Abi Rabah and others, were either slaves by origin or the sons of slaves, meaning their fathers were slaves. So when they were forced by the path of captivity, they were dragged in chains to the lands of Islam, grew up there, lived there, knew the religion of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), so they believed and embraced Islam. Indeed, they became among the great scholars of the Muslims. We today live upon their knowledge and their efforts. So this captivity that they suffered was a good for them, or is it an evil? There is no doubt that it is a good. Therefore, a person must have a far-reaching view and not look only at the apparent matter. Why were these people taken captive? A hundred answers and answers to a question like this? They were taken captive because they stood in the way of the call. Is this reason sufficient for their captivity? If the disbelievers today are fighting and thousands of people die every day, for what? For Satan? For nothing at all? Is it not permissible for the Islamic religion to allow the Muslims to enslave the enemies of the religion? And the enemies of the religion means that they prevented all people from reaching the light of Islam, because they fight Islam. So this is the first thing. And the second thing is that Allah (Mighty and Majestic), when He permitted their enslavement, it is not only a punishment for them, as we mentioned because of their standing as a stumbling block in the way of the call, but it is also a second opportunity to open the path of guidance and insight for them in this path, while they are in the heart of captivity. So the rulings are many, and very many.