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Establishment of Ownership of Spoils of war & captives

السلام عليكم When is ownership of spoils of war and captives established for soldiers? Do spoils of war and captives have to be transferred from Dar al Harb to Dar Al Islam before establishing ...
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Fiqh of Nikah of A Male Slave & Free Woman

What is Fiqh of Nikah of Male Slave owned by someone else to free woman? I mean a male slave who is owned by someone else and marries a free woman who is not related to her master nor is her mistress. ...
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Was slavery in islamic times different from how it was practiced by ISIS?

The practice of slavery was re-instituted by ISIS upon their capture of yazidi women in iraq. These women suffered immensely and were traumatized from capture, sale and coercive sex with their captors ...
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Why is Maria al-Qibtiyya considered a slave?

Please give a response to this as I can not find an answer anywhere. Was Maria al-Qibtiyya a slave before giving birth to prophet's son? Prior to Islam there were many sources of slavery but after ...
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Detailed Explanation of statement of Abu Yaala ibn al-Faraa' Al Hanbali in al-Ahkam As Sultaniyyah

ويجوز شراء أولاد الْحَرْبِ مِنْهُمْ، كَمَا يَجُوزُ سَبْيُهُمْ. وَيَجُوزُ شِرَاءُ أولاد العهد منهم، ولا يجوز سبيهم. كتاب الأحكام السلطانية لأبي يعلى الفراء Page 145 Sorry for asking again same question ...
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What does this statement of Abu Yaal Fura Al Hanbali in Ahkam As Sultaniyyah means

ويجوز شراء أولاد الْحَرْبِ مِنْهُمْ، كَمَا يَجُوزُ سَبْيُهُمْ. وَيَجُوزُ شِرَاءُ أولاد العهد منهم، ولا يجوز سبيهم. كتاب الأحكام السلطانية لأبي يعلى الفراء Page 145 What does the word ("...
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Athar regarding adornment of slave-girls

حدثنا أبو بكر قال: حدثنا وكيع، قال: حدثنا أسامة بن زيد، عن أبي حازم، عن سهل بن سعد: أنهم مروا عليه بجارية قد زينت، فدعا بها ونظر إليها وأجلسها في حجره ومسح على رأسها ودعا لها بالبركة 22790- Narrated ...
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Regarding surah 24 verse 31

In this verse, women are forbidden to show their adornments (or where its worn) EXCEPT to close relatives, the husband and some additional people. The word used "bal" to refer to the husband ...
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Are Muslim men allowed to see naked breasts of slave woman when they purchase them? [duplicate]

Are Muslim men allowed to see naked breasts of slave woman when they purchase them?
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Master denying the bloodline of his offspring born to his concubine

Can the master deny the bloodline of his offspring born to his concubine? If he is within ignorance of the bloodline, can he still have intimate relations with her even if the parentage is obvious? ...
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Did Umar remove the jibab of slave girls or only the hijab

Some Hadith only mention that umar removed the slave women’s hijab Umar saw one of our maidservants wearing a veil and he flogged her. Umar said: Do not resemble free women. Source: Muṣannaf ...
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Concubines/ Slaves

I am confused on how slavery works in Islam, I have no problem with it just would like to know the rulings. If your sister by some means becomes your slave can you have intercourse with her?
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What are the sources of slavery in Islam?

I’m confused as to who qualifies to be enslaved. People often say captives of war, but what exactly does that mean? The opposite forces? Civilians in the town raided? How would you differentiate ...
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did ISIS adhere to rules of slavery with the Yazidis of the Sinjar regions

I've been trying to understand Islamic Slavery and it's history. I heard about what happened to the Yazidis and tried reading the reports by the UN and It sounded terrible. was it in the law of ...
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can you separate a female captive's husband from her if there both captured

I know that when you captive prisoners of war thats married there divorce by being captured. If there capture with there husband then would they still be married and if so would it be permissible to ...
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What is the grading of this report about Ibn Umar kissing a slave?

“Narrated Ayoub bin Abdullah al-Lukhmi that ibn Umar said: ‘On the day of the Jalola battle I won a slave girl, her neck was like a silver ewe.’ Then ibn Umar added: ‘I couldn’t control myself, I ...
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Must a woman veil herself from her male slaves?

I have seen questions regarding slave women and their male masters but what if the roles are reversed. Can a male slave see his female mistress?
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Is ransom required for freeing a muslim slave belonging to muharribs?

One of the oldest seerah books mentions the following incident This slave voluntarily abandoned his muharrib master. Is ransom to be paid in such cases? Why is it exempted, if it was exempted? Why ...
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Preconditions for freeing a slave in Islam

I am told the precondition for freeing a slave is that he/she needs to be Muslim in first place, based on the hadith of Sahih Muslim, where a slave girl is asked "where Allah was" and ...
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Is pemission of slave's family necessary for marriage?

And whoever among you cannot [find] the means to marry free, believing women, then [he may marry] from those whom your right hands possess of believing slave girls. And Allah is most knowing about ...
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why are concubines sold after being consummated with?

Abu Sa’id said We went out with the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) on the expedition to Banu Al Mustaliq and took some Arab women captive and we desired the women for we were suffering from the absence of our ...
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What happens if a slave woman refuses to have intercourse with the master

If she shows discontent or outright refusal to the masters’ advances for intercourse can he force her? Does he discipline or repremind her for disobedience? If so what measures does he take to ...
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Did Hadrat Muhammad (SAW) marry any slave?

He had intercourse with slave https://sunnah.com/nasai:3959 but did he marry any slave? Can you tell me names of his slave wives?
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Do slaves have to undergo iddat?

When a muslim woman is divorced or widowed she has to undergo iddat before she can marry again. Prisoners of war can be turned into sex slaves, so do they also have to do iddat? If their husband was ...
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Given that a female slave cannot consent to intimacy, does that make sexual assault by the owner lawful?

I read this article: Is consent necessary for sexual relations with a concubine? It says that legally it is not. Just for some clarification... given that the female slave had no ability to consent ...
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Can Hadd punishments be given to slaves by the owner, without the ruler's permission?

Al-Shawkaani said: It was narrated from Abu’l-Zinaad from his father that the fuqaha’ of the people of Madeenah used to say that no one should carry out any of the hadd punishments except the ruler, ...
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Sex with slave women [duplicate]

We all know that Islam allows having sex with female slaves outside of marriage. My question is what are the conditions to have sex with the female slaves? If she does not want to have sex with the ...
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Did Hadrat Muhammad (SAW) have a slave or not?

It was narrated from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah had a female slave with whom he had intercourse, but 'Aishah and Hafsah would not leave him alone until he said that she was forbidden for him. ...
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Separation between mother and children in slavery

I read that in slavery you can not separate mother from children. Is it true and please provide reference.
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Can muslim soldiers have intimacy with the female prisoners of war, before it has been decided to enslave them?

I am researching slavery and its roots in Islam to better understand it with context. I have a question about islamic rules on female prisoners of war, i know that there are options when you have ...
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What could be some reasons or explanations as to the enslaving of civilians (non combatants) in war?

It's quite obvious when it comes to combatants, but what about non combatants? One interesting and fair answer I got is since women and children are likely to lose their husband in war or see him ...
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why is there no seclusion and dress code for slave women in islam?

I know that Islam treats women with honor and that they are privilaged to be modest and such. However I do not see this reflected onto slave women who were instead obliged to only cover from navel to ...
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Owning slaves today

Assalamu alaikum, In the course of my readings, I have often wondered whether, nowadays, there are still areas of the Muslim world (whether in the Gulf or the Maghreb etc) where people still actually ...
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Umar and sex slaves hadiths [duplicate]

Can someone please clear up and explain these 3 hadiths about Umar and Ibn Umar. These hadiths make me see them in a different light. Also is doing these actions permissible in Islam? Ibn Umar seemed ...
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Is it permitted to look and touch a slave when buying her?

From the hadith below: أنَّ ابنَ عمرَ كان يضعُ يدَهُ بيْنَ ثَديَيها ( يعنى الجاريةَ ) وعلى عُجُزِها من فوقِ الثيابِ ويكَشفُ عن ساقِها It tells that Umar[ra] used to shack the breasts of slavegirls ...
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Could Muslims purchase slaves which were kidnapped by non-Muslims?

The title is only really one half of the question, as what I'm really unsure about is the fact that the majority of slaves throughout the Islamic slave trade were bought and not acquired through war. ...
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Is it permitted to having intercourse with an minor concubine?

In some hadiths( I can't find the references, a friend of mine said..), our prophet (pbuh) allowed sahabas to have penetration with infant slaves who haven't reached their first period. Here, ...
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Was slave trading allowed in early islam?

I know that today there is a general consensus that slavery is banned. And that the only way to get slaves are by taking prisoners of war and giving them good treatment and the option to free ...
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Did scholars say that the awrah of a female slave is from navel to knee?

Imam Jassas said: فيجوز للأجنبي النظر إلى شعر الأمة وذراعها وساقها وصدرها وثديها كما يجوز لذوي المحرم النظر إلى ذات محرمه A stranger male can see the hair, arms, legs, chest and breasts of a slave ...
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Was the consent of female slave required to perform 'azl?

Does the master need the consent of his female slave to do azl? With the fatwa, seerah, and Hadith
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Why did the Prophet (PBUH) gave the opportunity to build a harem for Muslims?

I am Muslim but one thing in Islam is bothering me. Why did the Prophet pbuh gave the opportunity to build a harem? There is no limit to the number of sex slaves one can keep and the wife cannot ...
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Why can not a woman have relations with her slave?

I have been studying slavery in Islam, I have a question on rights of woman master with her slave, if a man can have sex with his slave why a woman cannot have with her slave?
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slave woman becoming her master's 5th wife?

a slave woman in islam can become her master's wife in some conditions but what if the master already have 4 wives and the condition for the slave to be wife arrived? will she become 5th wife? if she ...
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Can a master sell his slave after having intercourse with her?

As far as I understand, when a concubine gives birth to her master's child, her status would be "mother of the child" (umm al-walad) and she can't be sold anymore. My question: Can a master ...
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What happens to a slave who accepts Islam?

As far as I know the slaves were non Muslim, and if there accept Islam they cannot be kept as slaves Adwa’ al-Bayaan, 3/387 Shaykh al-Shanqeeti (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: If it is said: If ...
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Is it Halal to rape kafir women captured in jihad? [duplicate]

apologies for the vulgarity of the title but it really is the question I want to ask. Qur’an 4.24 permits intercourse with women captured in jihad as is deducible from the context of revelation Abu ...
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Are these hadiths not encouraging slave beating?

Sahih bukhari 5204 The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "None of you should flog his wife as he flogs a slave and then have sexual intercourse with her in the last part of the day." A narration in Sunan ...
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Hadith about slave who belongs to prophet

Can you tell is she maria al-qibtiyya in this hadith? because she is the only slave who gives birth to prophet child. O people, impose the prescribed punishment upon your slaves, those who are married ...
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Are 4 witnesses required for Slaves?

Sahih Muslim Book 17, Number 4221 Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was asked about the slave-woman who committed adultery and was not protected (married). He said: ...
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Is selling an Umm Walad allowed?

Context of this hadith Sunan Ibn Majah 2517 We used to sell our slave women and the mothers of our children (Umahat Awaldina) when the Prophet (ﷺ) was still living among us, and we did not see ...
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