A woman bought a servant for herself; is it permissible for her to ask him to have sexual relations with her on the basis that he is among those whom her right hand possesses, or is it not permissible?

The questioner: O our distinguished Shaykh, a woman bought a servant for herself...; is it permissible for her to ask him to have sexual relations with her on the basis that he is among those whom her right hand possesses, or is it not permissible?

The Shaykh: I seek refuge in Allah from this unjust fatwa!! It is not permissible, of course; because first, it is not permissible to buy servants, whether they are male or female. Rather, there are slaves there, and it is not permissible for slaves to be of free origin and then be sold and bought in some countries that do not know Islam, or know the name of Islam but do not know its rulings. If a free woman has a slave, it is not prescribed for her to be the wife of this slave unless she frees him and then marries him. This is permissible as long as the free woman agrees to it. As for keeping him as her legal slave—and I do not mean, of course, the servant who is brought today from some countries, who is free—this is not permissible except through a legal contract, and he must be Muslim. And not only that; he must be a righteous Muslim. This is a matter where I do not know what prompted this question; because there is no one—praise be to Allah—who issues a fatwa like this unjust one today!!
Yes.