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Can a prostitute be classed as "ma malakat aymanakum" (what your right hand possesses) as you through payment she becomes temporarily yours? Please provide clear evidences if possible.

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    Salam Bismillah Why with a prostitute , can't you marry , or what is wrong with you brother it is zina , is this the teaching of our prophet ,no , our prophet will cry on day of judgement for his umma , don't you understand prostitute are women too. They do not willingly do it go and watch some documentary on the darkness of this ,you will find out , this is clearly wrong
    – Abdullah
    Apr 13, 2018 at 23:17

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Prostitution is considered haram in Islam. (See IslamWeb for a fatwa on this.)

Sex outside of marriage (zina, or "fornication") is strongly and directly forbidden e.g. in Qur'an 17:32 (...do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse...) and in Sahih al-Bukhari 6810 (...the one who commits an illegal sexual intercourse is not a believer at the time of committing illegal sexual intercourse...).

There's a prescribed hadd punishment when those involved are unmarried (...lash each one of them with a hundred lashes... Qur'an 24:2) and a worse hadd punishment when those involved are married (...stoned to death... Sunan Abi Dawud 4455 [grade: sahih]).

As for using slavery as a mechanism for making fornication halal: Slavery is not considered possible today (Dar Al-Ifta), and previously slavery was restricted to prisoners of war (IslamWeb). See also e.g. Are Muslim men allowed to take “sex slaves?” and Is voluntary slavery Islamic? As such, while in certain circumstances it is halal for a male to have sex with a female slave, one cannot simply "rent" a slave to have sex with them.

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Having intercourse with a prostitute is forbidden (even through legal means such as marriage) and makes the person who does it a prostitute as well.

الزاني لا ينكح إلا زانية أو مشركة والزانية لا ينكحها إلا زان أو مشرك وحرم ذلك على المؤمنين

The fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none marries her except a fornicator or a polytheist, and that has been made unlawful to the believers.

Quran 24:3

A free person person can not "become" a slave through a contract; enslavement for a price is forbidden:

قال الله ثلاثة أنا خصمهم يوم القيامة ... ورجل باع حرا

Allah says: I will be against three persons on the Day of Resurrection: ... One who sells a free person (as a slave)

Bukhari

Finally, a prostitute isn't your slave, but it is mere words that you say, the evidence is that you do not have real authority over her as you would over a slave. If she is a slave, Can you choose to not free her? Can you take something from her property? Can you choose to not pay her? Can you choose to make her work and give you income? Can you arrange her marriage with someone?

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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, Most Merciful

All praise is due to God (ﷻ), the Lord of the Worlds. The Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of Judgement, and God’s Peace and Blessings be upon Muhammad (ﷺ), his family, his noble Companions, and all those who follow them.


Your question: Is sex with prostitute permissible in Islam?

Answer: Having sex with a prostitute is forbidden because God Said:

"Those who guard their chastity (ie. private parts, from illegal sexual acts) except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, - for them, they are free from blame."

— [al-Mu’minoon 23:5-6]

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”And compel not your slave-girls to prostitution when they desire to keep chaste, in order to seek the frail goods of this world's life. And whoever compels them, then surely after their compulsion God is Forgiving, Merciful..”

— Quran 24:33

Prostitution (trading sex for money) is haraam. If any does this then he shall be stoned to death. It was practiced by some Arabs during the 6th century. In the 7th century, Muhammad declared that prostitution is forbidden on all grounds.

prophet Muhammad said:

O, you young men! I recommend marriage to you." — The Wasaelush Shia (vol. 14, p. 25)

God Says:

Do not go near adultery, surely it is an indecency, and an evil way [of fulfilling sexual urge]. (17:32)

So as you can understand from these verses is that once you have sex with a prostitute temporarily then you have committed the sin of Adultery. The best way is, go ahead and marry a woman and finish, problem solved. You won’t need anymore to commit Adultery.

CONCLUSION: You can have sex with a prostitute but you must ask her also if she is agreed for temporary period of time and this must be done after marriage, and not before marriage because it is considered Adultery.


Sources:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_sexual_jurisprudence
  2. https://www.al-islam.org/marriage-and-morals-islam-sayyid-muhammad-rizvi/chapter-three-islamic-sexual-morality-2-its
  3. http://islaminitsownwords.blogspot.com/2009/04/does-islam-allow-prostitution.html
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  • @Shadi Can you provide an evidence if you claim that it is permissible?
    – Alex A
    Apr 13, 2018 at 22:04
  • 4:24 is the verse for mutah. Temporary marriage, similar to prostitution. It was only temporary however. That’s the Sunni view. Shia still believe it’s acceptable.
    – Shadi
    Apr 13, 2018 at 22:08
  • @RebeccaJ.Stones I didn’t invented this, but I’ll look for it and then I’ll edit it one more time
    – Alex A
    Apr 13, 2018 at 22:27
  • @RebeccaJ.Stones en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_sexual_jurisprudence
    – Alex A
    Apr 13, 2018 at 22:30
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    "If you want this, then it is allowed for you to have sex with a prostitute when both of you are agreed for temporary period of time, but this must be done after marriage" — As Muslims, we are not allowed to marry prostitutes, temporarily or permanently. Also, the question is about prostitutes as right-hand possessions, not as wives.
    – III-AK-III
    Apr 23, 2018 at 11:58
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It actually can be allowed, but with two conditions.

  1. She be an escort, not a prostitute. It is haram to buy sex. However, purchasing someone's time is halal.

  2. She be an independent operator, no working for a brothel, pimp, or agency. It is haram to pay for the sexual services of someone who is being employed by another in prostitution.

An independent escort has no master, and you are only paying for her time. Since you are employing her for that period of time after you have paid her, she qualifies as ma malakat aymanukum, and you do have sexual right to those, regardless of marital status. Oh, and of course they must consent to have sex with you. Rape is haram.

You could also enter into a temporary marriage with her, the duration is your period of booking, the dowry is the price for her time. Girls in this line of work tend to be rather open minded, so if you raise the latter with them ahead of time, it should not be too hard to find one willing to do that with you.

Hope this helps.

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    Claims should be supported with evidence. How is employment equal to ownership? What about iddah \ istibra'? What about the command to not have relations with fornicators?
    – UmH
    Apr 21, 2020 at 5:15

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