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Islamic concept of slavery

Main articles: Islam and slavery and Ma malakat aymanukum

The Islamic concept of slavery is something in between what in the west is referred to concubinage and slavery, having rules that does not entirely coincide with the traditional western definitions of either those terms. Slavery as an institution which, as elsewhere in the ancient world, Islam took for granted both at the time of the Qur'an's revelation and subsequently. However, Islam mitigated slavery by recommending kindness and the freeing of slaves as acts of great merit, and declaring that their mistreatment would cause damnation.^[1] Islam and slavery, documents Islams approach to slavery and the status of slaves within Islamic society. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Islam and Slavery. ... Look up concubine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Buxton Memorial Fountain, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, London. ...

Main article: Ma malakat aymanukum and sex

Islam permits sexual relations between a male master and his female slave outside of marriage referred to in the Qur'an as ma malakat aymanukum or "what your right hands possess",^[2][3] although he may not co-habit with a female slave belonging to his wife.^[4] Neither can he have intercourse with a female slave if she is co-owned, or already married. If the female slave has a child by her master, she then receives the title of "Umm Walad" (lit. Mother of a child), which is an improvement in her status as she can no longer be sold and is legally freed upon the death of her master. The child, by default, is born free due to the father (i.e. the master) being a free man. Although there is no limit on the number of concubines a master may possess, the general marital laws are to be observed, such as not having intimate relations with the sister of a female slave.^[4][5] In Islamic Divine Law (Arabic: Sharia), Ma malakat aymanukum is the term for captives of war. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Islam and Slavery. ...

References

1. ^ The New Encyclopedia of Islam (2002), AltaMira Press. ISBN 0-7591-0189-2. p.432
2. ^ See Tahfeem ul Qur'an by Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, Vol. 2 pp. 112-113 footnote 44; Also see commentary on verses 23:1-6: Vol. 3, notes 7-1, p. 241; 2000, Islamic Publications
3. ^ Tafsir ibn Kathir 4:24
4. ^ ^{a b} "Abd". Encyclopaedia of Islam Online. Ed. P.J. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill Academic Publishers. ISSN 1573-3912.
5. ^ Lovejoy, Paul E. (2000). Transformations in Slavery. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-78430-1. , p.2

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See also

• Arab slave trade
• Muhammad's marriages
• Slavery
• Sex slavery
• Islam and slavery