You stated that it is permissible to purchase female slaves if there is a legitimate legal cause; what is this cause?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. A questioner says: Yesterday, O Shaykh, you mentioned the permissibility of purchasing female slaves if it is for a prescribed cause, but you did not mention this cause.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : You mentioned last night, he says, the permissibility of purchasing female slaves if it is for a prescribed cause.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Last night when he said.
The Shaykh : Yes, if slavery is established through a legitimate legal cause by a legitimate legal means. This is because there are people who sell their daughters; there are people who sell their daughters. If they sell them, do they become slaves? No. There are people who steal girls and sell them; is this a legitimate legal means? No. The legitimate legal means, in its origin, is that when the Muslims kill the disbelievers and overcome them and take possession of their families, the women become war captives and they become slaves through this captivity. Yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : You mentioned last night, he says, the permissibility of purchasing female slaves if it is for a prescribed cause.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Last night when he said.
The Shaykh : Yes, if slavery is established through a legitimate legal cause by a legitimate legal means. This is because there are people who sell their daughters; there are people who sell their daughters. If they sell them, do they become slaves? No. There are people who steal girls and sell them; is this a legitimate legal means? No. The legitimate legal means, in its origin, is that when the Muslims kill the disbelievers and overcome them and take possession of their families, the women become war captives and they become slaves through this captivity. Yes.