How does a man perform li'an with a slave woman or a Christian or a Jew?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. If a man has a Christian, Jewish, or slave woman under his authority, how is li'an performed? Does li'an apply?
The Shaykh : As for the slave woman, there is no li'an between him and her, because she is a slave and not his wife. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:[An-Nur 24:6].
As for the Jewish and Christian women, li'an is carried out regarding them just as it is carried out regarding a Muslim woman, due to the generality of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nur 24:6] to the end of it.
The Shaykh : As for the slave woman, there is no li'an between him and her, because she is a slave and not his wife. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:
And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves
وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلَّا أَنْفُسُهُمْAs for the Jewish and Christian women, li'an is carried out regarding them just as it is carried out regarding a Muslim woman, due to the generality of the saying of Allah the Exalted: