Is it permissible for a man to marry both a free woman and a slave woman, and is it obligatory for him to be just between them in the division of nights?
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The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Your Eminence, Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his book *Al-Kafi* that in the book of marriage, in the chapter on the division of nights, if a man marries a free woman and a slave woman, he should allocate two nights to the free woman and one night to the slave woman. How can he combine a slave woman with a free woman, when most scholars mentioned that this is not allowed except under two conditions: the fear of harm and the free woman not being sufficient for him?
The Shaykh : Yes, this is possible. I mean, perhaps the free woman is not sufficient for him. If she is not sufficient for him, then he must marry a woman. If he does not find a free woman but finds a slave woman, that is the case. However, there is a concern with his allocating one night to the slave woman and two nights to the free woman. Because when he married her and it was made permissible for him to marry her, it became obligatory for him to be just between them. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 2133Sahih (Al-Albani) This is a general hadith. He had two wives, so he had two wives, and it is obligatory for him to be just between them. Yes.
The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Your Eminence, Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his book *Al-Kafi* that in the book of marriage, in the chapter on the division of nights, if a man marries a free woman and a slave woman, he should allocate two nights to the free woman and one night to the slave woman. How can he combine a slave woman with a free woman, when most scholars mentioned that this is not allowed except under two conditions: the fear of harm and the free woman not being sufficient for him?
The Shaykh : Yes, this is possible. I mean, perhaps the free woman is not sufficient for him. If she is not sufficient for him, then he must marry a woman. If he does not find a free woman but finds a slave woman, that is the case. However, there is a concern with his allocating one night to the slave woman and two nights to the free woman. Because when he married her and it was made permissible for him to marry her, it became obligatory for him to be just between them. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: