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Quran
Chptr 4-25b(Pt-5, Stg-1)(L-532- درس قرآن
Terms of marriage with maid
Surah ‘An-Nisaaa’ (The Women) – Chapter – 4)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In
the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
25b. so wed them by permission of their folk,
and give unto them their dowries in kindness, they being honest, not
debauched nor of loose conduct. Then if when they are honourably married they
commit lewdness they shall incur the half of the punishment (prescribed) for
free women (in that case). This is for him among you who feareth to commit
sin. And to have patience would be better for you. And Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
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25b.
Fankihuu-hunna bi-‘izni ‘ahli-hinna wa
‘aatuu-hunna ‘ujuura-hunna bil-ma’-ruufi muhsanaatin
gayra musaafi-haatinw-wa laa muttakhi-zaati
‘akh-daan. Fa-‘izaaa ‘uhsinna fa-‘in ‘atayna
bi-faahi-shatin- fa-‘alay-hinna nisfu maa ‘alal-muhsanaati
minal-‘azaab. Zaalika liman khashiyal-‘anata
minkum. Wa ‘an tasbiruu khay-rul-lakum.
Wallaahu Gafuurur-Rahiim.
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Commentary
By permitting marriage with maids
and slave-girls, Islam impeded the sinfulness on one side, while at the other
hand It determined their grade equal to the free, believing women in the
society. Moreover, It put in the rights of their children equal to the rights
of the children of free, believing women on the condition that those children
are from the maid’s master. In addition, following conditions have been
prescribed for marrying the maids:
·
Permission of wedding is taken from their masters.
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Give unto them their dowries as a duty.
·
The maids should be liker of goodness and chastity
(Muh-sanaatun).
·
They should not be fallen into lewdness and
debauchery (musaafi-haatun).
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They should also be not of loose conduct “muttakhi-zaati ‘akh-daan” (secretly
loving and beloved).
Allah Almighty says, “This is for
him among you who feareth to commit sin. And to have patience would be better
for you”. He also commands, “Then if when they are honorably married, they
commit lewdness, they shall become liable to half of the punishment
(prescribed) for free women (in that case)”.
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