Why does ALLAH ALLOW MUSLIMS TO HAVE SEX WITH SLAVES WHO ARE MARRIED?
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Allah is saying that you can marry the slaves not to have sex with them.Allah  allows sex just between a husband and his wife. \n[4:23] Prohibited to you (for marriage) are: your mothers, daughters, sisters; father's sisters, mother's sisters; brother's daughters, sister's daughters; foster-mothers (who gave you suck), foster-sisters; your wives' mothers; your step-daughters under your guardianship, born of your wives to whom ye have gone, no prohibition if ye have not gone in; (those who have been) wives of your sons proceeding from your loins; and two sisters in wedlock at one and the same time, except for what is past; for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. \n\n[4:24] Also (prohibited are) women already married, except those whom your right hands possess: thus hath Allah ordained (prohibitions) against you: except for these, all others are lawful, provided ye seek (them in marriage) with gifts from your property, desiring chastity, not lust. Seeing that ye derive benefit from them, give them their dowers (at least) as prescribed; but if, after a dower is prescribed, ye agree mutually (to vary it), there is no blame on you, and Allah is All-Knowing All-Wise. \n\nI hope that I made it clear for you and thank you for asking such an interesting question.
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Allah does not force anyone to submit to Him. He has layed out a clear path and then made it known to them the two ways (Heaven or Hell). The person is always free to make his or her own choice. There is not complusion in the way of "Islam." Whoever choses to worship Allah without partners and is devoted to Him and is obeying His commands as much as possible, has grasped the firm handhold that will\nnever break. Whoever denies God and choses some other way to worship or not to believe at all, for them there is an eternal punishment that is most horrible (Hell).\n\nAll religions originated with Allah and then people began to add or take away from the teachings so as to take control over each other. Man made religions are an abomination before the Lord and will never be accepted. He will only accept true submission, obedience and in purity and peace to His commandments.
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Actually, the rape was justified because slaves were "property" and not people. It was also not seen as "cheating" on yr wife, etc. Children who were produced by such unions were NOT acknowledged by their white sperm donors. Infact many pregnant slaves were killed or sold so that it would not be exposed to shame the owner's family, etc. More often than not, they were killed. Also, pregnant slaves couldn't work as well as others in their later term, so they were killed. One less mouth to feed. Also, a more efficient slave meant more $$$.
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Peace on you....He never once engaged in sex outside of marriage, nor did he ever approve of it, even though it was very common at the time. His only relationships with women were in legitimate, contractual marriages with proper witnesses according to law. His relationship to Ayesha was only that of marriage. He did not marry her the first time her father offered her hand to him in marriage. He married her only after she reached the age of puberty and could decide for herself. Their relationship is described in every detail by Ayesha herself in the most loving and respectful manner as a match truly made in heaven. Ayesha is considered as one of the highest scholars of Islam and lived out her entire life only having been married to Muhammad, peace be upon him. She never desired any other man, nor did she ever utter a single negative statement against Muhammad, peace be upon him. May Allah bless us.
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why does it teach in Islam that a man can beat his wife\n\nTabari IX:113 “Allah permits you to shut them in separate rooms and to beat them, but not severely. If they abstain, they have the right to food and clothing. Treat women well for they are like domestic animals and they possess nothing themselves. Allah has made the enjoyment of their bodies lawful in his Qur’an.” \n\nWhy does it say in Islam that women are stupid\n\nTabari I:280 “Allah said, ‘It is My obligation to make Eve bleed once every month as she made this tree bleed. I must also make Eve stupid, although I created her intelligent.’ Because Allah afflicted Eve, all of the women of this world menstruate and are stupid.” \n\nBukhari:V3B48N826 “The Prophet said, ‘Isn’t the witness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?’ The women said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘This is because of the deficiency of a woman’s mind.’” \n\nIshaq:584 “Tell the men with you who have wives: never trust a woman.” \n\nWhy does it say in islam that most people in hell are women\n\nBukhari:V1B22N28 “The Prophet said: ‘I was shown the Hell Fire and the majority of its dwellers were women who are disbelievers or ungrateful.’ When asked what they were ungrateful for, the Prophet answered, ‘All the favors done for them by their husbands.’” \n\nIshaq:185 “In hell I saw women hanging by their breasts. They had fathered bastards.” \n\nWhy does it say in islam that women should die by starvation\n\nQur’an 4:15 “If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, take the evidence of four witnesses from amongst you against them; if they testify, confine them to houses until death [by starvation] claims them.”\n\nWhy does it say in islam that you can force a woman \n\nQur’an 24:34 “Force not your slave-girls to whoredom (prostitution) if they desire chastity, that you may seek enjoyment of this life. [And here’s the freedom-to-pimp card:] But if anyone forces them, then after such compulsion, Allah is oft-forgiving.”
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people who are racist n say this in hatred,ignorance.\n\nIslam clearly prohibit this,n rights for women in this issue are clearly prescribed in Quran....sura Noor
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S.H.E : \nanswer me a questionplease. what happens when a woman is raped over there? what happens to the man is he punished??\nwhat happens to the woman? is she protected or punished? \n\n\nanswer for the questions by S.H.E ,\n\nu want know what islam tell us about the women if she raped by man , ok\n\nYES ISALM LAW ASKED US TO PUNISH HIM , if he was single they will put him in jail and hit him 80 times for doing thats .... and if he was married one and he raped any woman islam law tell thats to kill him .\n\nand for the women ... islam say dont punish any one what ever he was man or woman for doing bad things he or she didnt mean to do it ...\n\nso when thats woman raped ..thats means she didnt want thats and she forced for thats .....so easly answer ...nop she won't punish her ...bcs she forced for thats .\n\nso if any one think thats islam is bad religion ...dont beleive thats bcs the true isnt bad religion as soem show it in ur media ... \n\nso in easy way try to know what islam is in real ...read about it ..  \n\nu can visit this link to know more :\n\nhttp://www.mekkaoui.net/indexeg.htm \n\nor any site from true muslims here in this site .. \n\nallah bless u all
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Yes the Prophet (peace be upon him) did have slaves.\n\nThe matter was that the prophet (peace be upon him) came at a time when a lot of these things were pre-existent. Things that would not harm others, but could benefit them stayed - but with changes. \n\nFirst, slaves used to be treated as what we know of today of slaves - abused, looked down upon, the literal meaning of "slave" that we carry with us. What he (peace be upon him) taught, though, was that if someone had a slave, they were to be treated EQUALLY - same clothing, same food, same bedding, same everything so much so that nobody could tell the difference between slave and master. Then, Islam also constituted many ways to free slaves, and try to end slavery, due to injustice that was still carrying on. Slaves could work for their freedom, and it was given to them. If certain slaves would teach others how to read/write, they'd be freed. If slaves from another tribe/religion were taken captive, they would be treated nicely and equally, and not beaten upon, etc. Also, along with good deeds such as fasting, charity, etc. the freeing of 1o, etc. slaves was considered one way to get closer to Allah and gain His happiness and Mercy. :) This was the perfect example that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) brought with him.
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he married a SIX year old girl, and then "consumated" that marriage at age NINE!! (some call this child rape)\n\nthe poster below denies this, however it is clearly written in muslim texts...
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It is strange that homosexuality is considered a sin by muslims when their prophet married & slept with an underage girl of only about 9yrs old , still playing with her dolls. I think that is criminal.
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Here's the thing...God is way wiser than any person, including Muhammad.  God would know that if something like that were permissable, then people would misuse it to enslave women/their wives.\n\nTherefore, it is not a hadith that woman bow down before her husband.  'I would have' is not the same as 'I do order'\n\nInstead, wives are required to respect their husbands...that's nothing new and revolutionary.\n\nAnd husbands are to love their wives.  God knows what He's talking about when he prescribes behaviour to married people.  The same mesasge is contained in the Bible.
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I love the blunt way you put it.\nYou call a spade a spade. \nThe Muslim law allows men to “marry” a woman and divorce her an hour later after they have screwed her. This is law is used all the times in Muslim countries to cover up prostitution. For example young girls from Iran, or India, “marry” rich Saudis for just one night.
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I am a Christian.  However the bible was written by MAN not GOD.  I do not think God wants us to be slaves to our husbands, thats just what man wanted from women.
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Yes, it is allowed in islam and also in some christianity also. like in england one can marry his or her cousin, but in america it is not allowed.
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First of all DNA , you tell me can all women afford to pay for DNA ? in all countrys ? of course not.\n\nWomen emtionally cannot handel 4 men nor physically, this would mean she has to have sex atleast 4 times a day everyday with each man, lets say they al like sex twice a day then thats 8 times a day, and the womans body cannot stand this, read the medical reports of prostitutes and thier wrecked cervix's\n\nWhen is Polygamy allowed in Islam? \n\nThe sections of this article are: \n\n- When is polygamy allowed in Islam? \n- What was the purpose of Noble Verse 4:3? \n   - The way I read Noble Verse 4:3. \n- Why didn't Allah Almighty directly prohibit polygamy? \n- Why then did Prophet Muhammad practice polygamy? \n- Can anyone be absolutely fair? \n- Too much illiterate and starving kids damage the society and Islam. \n- What if the person is rich and can afford polygamy? \n- Conclusion. \n\n\nMarriage from multiple women in Islam might not be allowed for those who might result in damaging the society with their marriage by bringing more illiterate, poor, and in many cases starving children to the society.\n\nLet us look at Noble Verse 4:3 "If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice." Notice how Allah Almighty orders men to be either fair to their wives or never marry more than one wife.\n\nLet us look at Noble Verse 4:129 "Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women, even if it is your ardent desire: But turn not away (from a woman) altogether, so as to leave her (as it were) hanging (in the air). If ye come to a friendly understanding, and practise self-restraint, God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful."  Here we clearly see that Allah Almighty tells men that they will never be fair to their wives.  \n\nLet us see why then Allah Almighty temporarily ordered polygamy but yet very highly discouraged it, and why I personally believe from the Noble Quran that polygamy should not be allowed today to most Muslim men in the Muslim world.\n\n \n\nWhat was the purpose of the Noble Verse 4:3? \n\nNoble Verse 4:3 was revealed to Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him in Madina after he migrated to it from Mecca and established an Islamic state there right after the battle of Uhud in which the Muslims not only had lost badly against the Pagans, but also suffered a dramatic decrease in the number of Muslim men.  The Muslim men before that battle were approximately 700.  They became only 400 after the battle.  This loss had left so many Muslim women (1) Widows, and (2) Not able to get married if they were single. \n\nTo make matters even worse, the Muslims had faced yet another battle against the Pagans in Mecca and its neighboring tribes who wanted to attack the Muslims in Madina to finish off Islam once and for all, and by the Jews and the Christians in Madina who betrayed the Muslims in the "battle of Trench" after signing a defense treaty with Muhammad peace be upon him against the Pagans.  \n\nAll praise due to Allah Almighty.  With Allah's Will and Mercy, the Muslims had miraculously won the battle against the Pagans of Mecca and drove them back to where they came from, and then attacked the Jews and the Christians who betrayed the defense treaty and kicked those hypocrites out of Madina forever! \n\nThese continuous battles against the Muslims were very costly in terms of Muslim men's lives.  The women had to be taken care of one way or another.  For this reason, Allah Almighty had revealed the Noble Verse 4:3 to Muhammad peace be upon him to solve the social problems that the Muslims were facing.  That is why at the very beginning of the Noble Verse 4:3 we see Allah Almighty setting a conditional clause for Orphans
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First, you kind of missed some parts of the verse:\nAnd secondly, I am not sure where you got your translations, but it is not giving out the full tranalation.\n\nYusufali 2:228] Divorced women shall wait concerning themselves for three monthly periods. Nor is it lawful for them to hide what Allah Hath created in their wombs, if they have faith in Allah and the Last Day. And their husbands have the better right to take them back in that period, if they wish for reconciliation. And women shall have rights similar to the rights against them, according to what is equitable; but men have a degree (of advantage) over them. And Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.\n\n\nWhen a woman gets a divorce, she has to wait for like 40 days before she can remarry.\nHowever, if the husband and the wife decide to reconcile, than they are allowed to do it.\n\nThere you go, if you read the right translation, you might understand.\nSO as you can see, how people have already thought that Islam downputs women through their wrong translation,...... but when you give them the right translation, than they dont have a word to say....... Read the verse......
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You're right, I feel it isn't justified at all. While this maybe something that pandered to the primitive people of the past, it just doesn't apply to today's modern and ever-changing society.\n\nI will use Christianity as an example. \n\nChristianity preached monogamy. It gave instructions on how to behave in marriage, and how a husband and a wife should behave to each other.\nIf a man decides to go have mistresses on the side or engage in serial polygamy - it's not Christianity's fault either.\n\nThis is Ano's arguement, that Islam allowed men to have up to 4 wives with the instruction that men should not take another wife if they fear they cannot deal justly with all of them. And that if they stray within these limits its "not Islam's fault".\nFirstly, many Islamic scholars have agreed that a man need not take the permission of his wife (some even go further and say that he needn't even inform her of his marriage) to marry another.\nThis leaves the complete power in a man's hands, and there is little that is provided for that, since we all know how many Muslim men don't follow this rigorously.\nSecond, while a Muslim man may take up to 4 wives, there is little that stops or prevents them from the ease of their divorce, which somewhat encourages them to engage in serial polygamy - this time 4 wives at a time (like King F'ahd of Saudi Arabia who married over 300 women to consolidate the tribes in KSA, 4 at a time), especially since for a man - all it takes for him to divorce a woman is 'talaq, talaq, talaq' (triple divorce).\nIn UAE you're even allowed to text these words of divorce to your wife and be legally divorced.\n\nThirdly, \nabout slavery. It's a hotly debated issue, and many Muslims prefer to shun the subject, or dance around the topic without an answer.\nThe point is, yes, a man can take as many concubines (called "slaves") as he wants, as spoils of war. Supposedly, this is because these women, with the men killed in battle or taken as war prisoners, will not be able to support themselves and it is considered better that a Muslim man take her as a slave (or concubine) and have legal intercourse with her.\nHer children will not become slaves, and he can choose to marry her, which she will then be conferred the status of a Muslim woman.\nHowever, imagine if a man goes on several wars and comes back with several "slave women". How is his wives going to deal with that? Just sit back and be happy that he's taking care of them, or feel somewhat cheated because this man is treating them like cattle that he can 'legally' have sexual intercourse with?\nI feel it's not justified at all.\n\nYou see, the point is, polygamy gives men even more power to abuse women and even treat women like trash using divine 'messages'. Now he can even divorce them 4 at a time (not saying he will, but he will have the option to.), and have full rights over them.\nOf course, there is no way a man can treat his wives equally. He will always love one wife more than the other.\n\nThe prophet's favourite wife was Ayesha, his youngest wife.\n\nSo because it is Sunnah (it is recommended) that you follow the ways and deeds of the Prophet, obviously, the interpretation of the Qu'ran's dictum of treating wives equally does not mean in terms of love, or affection.\nIt is MATERIAL. That means, if he buys a handbag for a wife, he must buy the same handbag for the other wives, or give them a gift of equal value.\nHe must divide his nights among them.\n\nHowever, the Prophet himself did not divide his nights among his wives equally, as many hadith (reports of the Prophet's sayings, deeds, etc.) testified that he was in the bed of another wife during the turn of one of his wives.\nSo, dividing nights equally must be optional as well, as the Prophet himself was only human and did not divide them equally (though we can all say he