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General Discussions / Avoid marrying Slave girls/maids??
« on: February 05, 2012, 08:31:16 PM »
Salam
From the way the following verse has been translated, it seems Allah discourages marrying slave girls/maids:
4:25 And as for those of you who, owing to circumstances, are not in a position to marry free believing women, [let them marry] believing maidens from among those whom you rightfully possess. And God knows all about your faith; each one of you is an issue of the other. Marry them, then, with their people's leave, and give them their dowers in an equitable manner - they being women who give themselves in honest wedlock, not in fornication, nor as secret love-companions. And when they are married, and thereafter become guilty of immoral conduct, they shall be liable to half the penalty to which free married women are liable. This [permission to marry slave-girls applies] to those of you who fear lest they stumble into evil. But it is for your own good to persevere in patience [and to abstain from such marriages]: and God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
Few points come to point.
1. Such a marriage is not recommended because marrying solely for meeting sexual impulses is not the way to go. One must take other considerations into account before choosing a life partner. Therefore it is better to abstain from such such marriages.
2. If the slave girl/maid is still to remain in servitute of her owner/master/custodian, then it is better to seek her freedom first.
3. Slave girls/maidens, due to their particular circumstances and pleasing ways for their owners may not be having a chood moral character.
Would appreciate any comments.
From the way the following verse has been translated, it seems Allah discourages marrying slave girls/maids:
4:25 And as for those of you who, owing to circumstances, are not in a position to marry free believing women, [let them marry] believing maidens from among those whom you rightfully possess. And God knows all about your faith; each one of you is an issue of the other. Marry them, then, with their people's leave, and give them their dowers in an equitable manner - they being women who give themselves in honest wedlock, not in fornication, nor as secret love-companions. And when they are married, and thereafter become guilty of immoral conduct, they shall be liable to half the penalty to which free married women are liable. This [permission to marry slave-girls applies] to those of you who fear lest they stumble into evil. But it is for your own good to persevere in patience [and to abstain from such marriages]: and God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
Few points come to point.
1. Such a marriage is not recommended because marrying solely for meeting sexual impulses is not the way to go. One must take other considerations into account before choosing a life partner. Therefore it is better to abstain from such such marriages.
2. If the slave girl/maid is still to remain in servitute of her owner/master/custodian, then it is better to seek her freedom first.
3. Slave girls/maidens, due to their particular circumstances and pleasing ways for their owners may not be having a chood moral character.
Would appreciate any comments.