What’s the difference between “kind of marriage” and “marriage”?
According to this Muslims can have sex with slave women - it does not say anything about marriage. And THEN, it goes on to say that “in so doing the woman would automatically become free if she got pregnant” which I take to mean that she is NOT free
until she gets pregnant - which further means either a.) she is not married or b.) marriage does not free the woman and she is still considered a slave.
which muslims can have sex with slave women !
jay , actually this issue is only of academic value now. It is most likely that people know about this issue theoretically, because some of the critics of Islam raise this issue to attack Islam and its principles.
islam allowed it in the time when slavery were rooted in the worldwide as a positive step toward freedom of slaves
what is the marriage and what is the adultery ? in both of them the man intercourse sexualy with a woman so what is the difference ?
well , the difference is that when a man intercourse with women in adultery , the man will be not responsible for anything toward the woman
but in marriage , the woman have many many rights which the man obligated to give her
1- The wife is naturally entitled for food, clothing, housing and other related items with expenses to be born by the husband.
2- The Mahr (dowry): This is the money to which the wife is entitled from her husband when the marriage contract is completed or when the marriage is consummated. It is a right which the man is obliged to pay to the woman ( in the case of slaves her dowery is her freedom )
3. Accommodation: This is also one of the wife’s rights, which means that her husband should prepare for her accommodation according to his means and ability. Allaah Almighty Says (what means): “Lodge them [in a section] of where you dwell out of your means and do not harm them in order to oppress them…” [Quran 65: 6]
the most imporatnt thing , that the wife inherit her husband after his death , and her son have his share either from inheritance
jay , when muslim commit adultery he have no responsibilities to give his whore all these rights
islam gave the same rights to slave if her master wnated to intercourse sexualy with her
if any muslim intercoursed sexually with any of his slave without giving her the rights which prescribed to such relation by islam , so absolutly it’s illegal and absolutly it’s adultery
that’s why i considered it to be marriage contract
when i said " kind of marriage " i didn’t mean that it’s not marriage , but the tradition is that when someone want to marry woman he will go to her family and take the permission from her and from her family m if they agreed they will give him the pride to live with him
in the situation of slave , he himself is his master , she allready lives with him and serving him and he deal with her kindly and feed her and dial with her as one of the family according to islamic teachhing ( he just can’t intercourse with her but by the conditions of islam ) so it’s another contract of marriage
that’s why i said that it’s kind of marriage
in these days the marriage wasn’t reguired for someone to go to the church or to the mosque and it dosn’t require for someone to decoument paper of marrige …etc
the marriage was more simple that that , declaration of relation for the people was enough to be marriage contract
to declare my point more clear , plz open th OT and read with me Judges 21: 10- 24
Then they thought of the annual festival of the LORD held in Shiloh, between Lebonah and Bethel, along the east side of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem. They told the men of Benjamin who still needed wives, **“Go and hide in the vineyards. When the women of Shiloh come out for their dances, rush out from the vineyards, and each of you can take one of them home to be your wife! ** And when their fathers and brothers come to us in protest, we will tell them, ‘Please be understanding. Let them have your daughters, for we didn’t find enough wives for them when we destroyed Jabesh-gilead. And you are not guilty of breaking the vow since you did not give your daughters in marriage to them.’” ** So the men of Benjamin did as they were told. They kidnapped the women who took part in the celebration and carried them off to the land of their own inheritance. ** Then they rebuilt their towns and lived in them. So the assembly of Israel departed by tribes and families, and they returned to their own homes.
So note, the men hide behind bushes like stalkers, and they wait for the women and once they see the women they rush the women and kidnap them and then basically marry them! This is clear rape
the story refered to them as wives and refered to the intercouse as marriage , but be honest , the words " marriage" and " wife" dosn’t change the fact that it was clear rape not mrraige