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Did scholars say that the awrah of a female slave is from navel to knee?
The 'awrah of a female slave is disagreed upon by the madhabs:
Some scholars hold that her 'awrah is the same as a free woman (everything or everything except face and hands). And some of them have ...
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Was the consent of female slave required to perform 'azl?
Consent of a concubine is not necessary for practising 'azl (coitus interruptus) with her.
The evidence is the hadith:
أن رجلا، أتى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال إن لي جارية هي خادمنا وسانيتنا ...
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Is it permitted to having intercourse with an minor concubine?
Sexual intercourse with a female is not permitted unless she is safe from harm or injury. Sex is only permitted with a woman who is physically mature enough to have intercourse without suffering harm.
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Was slave trading allowed in early islam?
Yes. If someone is legally a slave then it is permitted to buy, sell, gift, inherit, lend, pledge and lease that slave. Every transaction that is permitted for an object is also permitted for a slave. ...
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Is it permitted to look and touch a slave when buying her?
The report has been classed as authentic by al-Albani in Irwa' al-Ghaleel and also by some other scholars. It is an athar about Ibn Umar. Not a 'hadith' (i.e. not something said or done by the Prophet ...
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Is consent necessary for sexual relations with a concubine?
It can be ethically desirable to seek the slave's approval but her consent is not legally required.
The Quran gives a parable of a slave as follows:
عبدا مملوكا لا يقدر على شيء
a slave owned (by ...
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Can Hadd punishments be given to slaves by the owner, without the ruler's permission?
There is disagreement on whether an owner can enforce hudud punishments on a slave that he\she owns. The main madhabs being:
The owners can enforce all hudud punishments on their slaves. This is the ...
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Did Hadrat Muhammad (SAW) have a slave or not?
It is not contradictory because the first hadith only implies that the Prophet ﷺ had at least one concubine for at least some part of his life, whereas the second hadith asserts that he had not left ...
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Separation between mother and children in slavery
Yes. It is sinful to cause separation between a mother and her child when performing a transaction on slaves such as sale. For example if a female slave is sold to a buyer while she is the mother of ...
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What could be some reasons or explanations as to the enslaving of civilians (non combatants) in war?
Enslaving is just like taking POW (prisoners of war) in modern wars. It is upto the leader of army to take the decision on what to do with those captured. Their decision can be based on the collective ...
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Could Muslims purchase slaves which were kidnapped by non-Muslims?
A Muslim who is originally free can never be enslaved.
Non-Muslims fall under the following categories:
Dhimmi - a permanent resident\citizen of the Islamic state who is protected by a treaty and ...
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Why did the Prophet (PBUH) gave the opportunity to build a harem for Muslims?
The allowance of sex slaves was for the benifit of sexual environment of society and it was necessary for sexual health of muslims. Further it has rules and conditions and not allowed in every case.
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Why can not a woman have relations with her slave?
Because Allah has described which sexual relations are permissible and which are not.
والذين هم لفروجهم حافظون إلا على أزواجهم أو ما ملكت أيمانهم فإنهم غير ملومين فمن ابتغى وراء ذلك فأولئك هم العادون
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