Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: {And give them their dowries in a good manner...}
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Question:
You are asking about the exegesis of the saying of the Truth, Blessed and Exalted is He: [Surat al-Nisa: 25]?
Answer:
This is regarding... Allah the Exalted mentioned it regarding the one who is not able to continue with the marriage of free women; there is no harm in marrying believing slave women if they are chaste and not fornicators, meaning: known for their chastity and avoidance of zina, and that he should give them their wages, meaning: their dowries, their mahr. This is for the one who fears 'anah, who fears for himself committing a grave sin.
As for the one who is able to be patient, let him be patient until he finds a free woman to marry, so that he marries a free woman and his children are not enslaved; because the children follow the slave woman; they follow the mother. If she is a slave, her children become slaves, so he must be patient so that his children are not enslaved until Allah grants him the ability to marry a free woman.
And if he fears 'anah, he marries the slave woman and there is no harm. If it is facilitated for him to stipulate that his children are free, and the master commits to that, the objective of the children's freedom and chastity is achieved, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
You are asking about the exegesis of the saying of the Truth, Blessed and Exalted is He:
and give them their due compensation according to what is acceptable. [They should be] chaste, neither [of] those who commit unlawful intercourse randomly nor those who take [secret] lovers. But once they are sheltered in marriage, if they should commit adultery, then for them is half the punishment for free [unmarried] women. This [allowance] is for him among you who fears sin, but to be patient is better for you. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
وَآتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ مُحْصَنَاتٍ غَيْرَ مُسَافِحَاتٍ وَلا مُتَّخِذَاتِ أَخْدَانٍ فَإِذَا أُحْصِنَّ فَإِنْ أَتَيْنَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ فَعَلَيْهِنَّ نِصْفُ مَا عَلَى الْمُحْصَنَاتِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِيَ الْعَنَتَ مِنْكُمْ وَأَنْ تَصْبِرُوا خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌAnswer:
This is regarding... Allah the Exalted mentioned it regarding the one who is not able to continue with the marriage of free women; there is no harm in marrying believing slave women if they are chaste and not fornicators, meaning: known for their chastity and avoidance of zina, and that he should give them their wages, meaning: their dowries, their mahr. This is for the one who fears 'anah, who fears for himself committing a grave sin.
As for the one who is able to be patient, let him be patient until he finds a free woman to marry, so that he marries a free woman and his children are not enslaved; because the children follow the slave woman; they follow the mother. If she is a slave, her children become slaves, so he must be patient so that his children are not enslaved until Allah grants him the ability to marry a free woman.
And if he fears 'anah, he marries the slave woman and there is no harm. If it is facilitated for him to stipulate that his children are free, and the master commits to that, the objective of the children's freedom and chastity is achieved, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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