Does the saying of Allah the Exalted, “But whoever among you cannot find the means to marry a free woman,” indicate the prohibition of marrying slave women?
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The questioner : The second question.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Yes,[An-Nisa 4:25].
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is this verse evidence for the prohibition of marrying slave women?
The Shaykh : No, it is only about preferring the marriage of free women.
The questioner : And it is not forbidden?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : Because Imam Ahmad holds the view of prohibition; is that not so?
The Shaykh : I do not remember, by Allah, regarding the school of jurisprudence.
The questioner : I consulted al-Mughni.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : I found that he is stricter on this issue than the other imams.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I mean, Abu Hanifa and al-Shafi'i—I do not say they are lax, but their position is less strict than the position of Imam Ahmad.
The Shaykh : I mean, like al-Albani.
The questioner : “Tawlan” and “‘anatan”: the fear of ‘anatan (inability to fulfill the rights of the wife).
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : “Tawlan”: the fear of ‘anatan (inability to fulfill the rights of the wife).
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. In any case, caution is good, but as they say today, this topic or this issue does not exist in our days.
The questioner : Yes, correct.
The Shaykh : That is right, and we ask Allah to bring back those days.
The questioner : O Allah, amen, O Allah, amen. Well, Shaykh, if Allah wills, we will have a meeting, perhaps soon, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Yes,
And whoever among you cannot [find] the means
وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ مِنْكُمْ طَوْلًاThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is this verse evidence for the prohibition of marrying slave women?
The Shaykh : No, it is only about preferring the marriage of free women.
The questioner : And it is not forbidden?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : Because Imam Ahmad holds the view of prohibition; is that not so?
The Shaykh : I do not remember, by Allah, regarding the school of jurisprudence.
The questioner : I consulted al-Mughni.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : I found that he is stricter on this issue than the other imams.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I mean, Abu Hanifa and al-Shafi'i—I do not say they are lax, but their position is less strict than the position of Imam Ahmad.
The Shaykh : I mean, like al-Albani.
The questioner : “Tawlan” and “‘anatan”: the fear of ‘anatan (inability to fulfill the rights of the wife).
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : “Tawlan”: the fear of ‘anatan (inability to fulfill the rights of the wife).
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. In any case, caution is good, but as they say today, this topic or this issue does not exist in our days.
The questioner : Yes, correct.
The Shaykh : That is right, and we ask Allah to bring back those days.
The questioner : O Allah, amen, O Allah, amen. Well, Shaykh, if Allah wills, we will have a meeting, perhaps soon, if Allah wills.
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