Is it permissible to buy concubines from one of the countries to become a right of possession instead of a maid?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner says: Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : What, what? Repeat it.
The questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, fine.
The questioner : Maids have become widespread in our Muslim society, and unfortunately, is it permissible for us to buy concubines from one of the countries to become a right of possession instead of a maid?
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no harm in buying a maid if she is truly a slave, meaning that she was acquired through a lawful means, not merely because she is a slave or because her family sells her, for example. No, if he buys her while she is a slave through a lawful means, then that is good. But how many is it permissible for him to have if he buys one, or four, what is it?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How many, how many? Eight, but based on the fact that a slave is given half the status of a free person. Free women are four, so slave women would be eight. No, slave women have no limit, because Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:3] There is no limit for them. If you buy ten, there is no harm in keeping them as concubines. Yes.
The Shaykh : What, what? Repeat it.
The questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, fine.
The questioner : Maids have become widespread in our Muslim society, and unfortunately, is it permissible for us to buy concubines from one of the countries to become a right of possession instead of a maid?
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no harm in buying a maid if she is truly a slave, meaning that she was acquired through a lawful means, not merely because she is a slave or because her family sells her, for example. No, if he buys her while she is a slave through a lawful means, then that is good. But how many is it permissible for him to have if he buys one, or four, what is it?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How many, how many? Eight, but based on the fact that a slave is given half the status of a free person. Free women are four, so slave women would be eight. No, slave women have no limit, because Allah the Exalted said: