The Myths of Islam – Islam Respects Women

Thanks to the RoP via Jawa Report

Another common myth about the ‘Religion of Peace’:

The Myth:

The Qur’an places men and women on equal foundation before Allah. Each person is judged according to his or her own deeds. Women have equal rights under Islamic law.

The Truth:

Merely stating that individuals will be judged as such by Allah does not mean that they have equal rights and roles, or that they are judged by the same standards.

There is no ambiguity in the Qur’an, the life of Muhammad, or Islamic law as to the inferiority of women to men despite the efforts of modern-day apologists to salvage Western-style feminism from scraps and fragments of verses that have historically held no such progressive interpretation.

After military conquests, Muhammad would dole out captured women as war prizes to his men. In at least one case, he advocated that they be raped in front of their husbands. Captured women were made into sex slaves by the very men who killed their husbands and brothers. There are four Qur’anic verses in which “Allah” makes clear that a Muslim master has full sexual access to his female slaves, yet there is not one that prohibits rape.

The Qur’an gives Muslim men permission to beat their wives for disobedience, but no where does it command love in marriage. It plainly says that husbands are “a degree above” wives. The Hadith says that women are intellectually inferior, and that they comprise the majority of Hell’s occupants.

Under Islamic law, a man may divorce his wife at his choosing. If he does this twice, then wishes to remarry her, she must first have sex with another man. Men are exempt from such degradations.

Muslim women are not free to marry whom they please, as are Muslim men. Their husband may also bring other wives (and slaves) into the marriage bed. And she must be be sexually available to him at any time (as a field ready to be “tilled,” according to the holy book of Islam).

Muslim women do not inherit property in equal portion to males. Their testimony in court is considered to be worth only half that of a man’s. Unlike a man, she must cover her head – and often her face.

If a woman wants to prove that she was raped, then there must be four male witnesses to corroborate her account. Otherwise she can be jailed or stoned to death for confessing to “adultery.”

Given all of this, it is quite a stretch to say that men and women have “equality under Islam” based on obscure theological analogies or comparisons. This is an entirely new ploy that is designed for modern tastes and disagrees sharply with the reality of Islamic law and history.

Further Reading from the Qur’an:

Veils
Women Worth Less than Men
Proving Rape under Islamic Law
Wife-Beating
Divorce – A Man’s Prerogative
Remarriage
Men in Charge of Women
Polygamy

The Myths of Islam is copied with permission.

Update:

Muslim Woman on Fire:

Afghan women are immolating themselves while Western journalists tip-toe around use of the words ‘Muslim’ and ‘Islam’.

It’s a Crime to be a Woman in Iran:

“Even a suntan constitutes a crime against Islam.”

Terrorizing Muslim Women

Nonie Darwish/Frontpage

There is an article floating all over the Internet, “Joys of Muslim Women,” which discusses the horrific truth about how Islam legally treats women. The article claims to have been written by me, but that is false:  I am not the author. Let me use this occasion, however, to set a few matters straight:

The silence is deafening around the world in regards to the inhumanity and brutality of Sharia towards women. Most of the activism against stoning, flogging and abuse of women under Sharia is heard from former Muslim women, like myself, and a few others in the West who dare to expose the truth.

Muslim women have no choice but to abide by Sharia, since rejecting it is grounds for the charge of apostasy, punishable by death. Having been exposed to Sharia for centuries, Muslim women have learned convoluted coping mechanisms to avoid Sharia’s wrath. Engaging in their own form of Stockholm Syndrome, most Muslim women publicly  defend the very laws that enslave them. Even Obama’s advisor on Islamic affairs, Dalia Mujahed, stated that Sharia is “misunderstood.” Muslim women end up as the guardians of their ownjails. It is women who often report younger girls who refuse to wear the head cover, and some wives cover up for the honor killing of a daughter by their husband or son. Many have accepted their inferior status and wear it as a badge of honor.

That is why there is no significant grass-roots feminist movement in the Muslim world today. Muslim feminists are routinely accused of apostasy — with its death penalty hanging over their heads. The only feminist movements to speak of in the Muslim world occurred during British colonial rule and, on a smaller scale, when the French conquered Egypt in 1798. By the end of the British rule, feminism ended inside the Muslim world.

Many Muslims claim that “Islam honors women” just as they claim that Islam is a “Religion of Peace.” The truth however, is just the opposite. Islam does not honor women, but rather holds their very lives in absolute bondage.

America must outlaw Sharia from ever being practiced by anyone on American soil. If we fail to do this, if we permit Sharia to creep into our legal system, we might as well say goodbye to our freedom. Here are just a few examples of whatMuslim women must live under:

[1] There is no age limit for marriage of girls under Sharia. A man can pay a dowry and sign a marriage contract with parents of a toddler girl and consummate the marriage at age 9. Recent cases in Yemen and Saudi Arabia exposed this tragedy when 8-year-old girls filed for divorce from their over 50-year-old husbands. Not one Muslim authority challenged the Saudi marriage high official, Dr. Ahmad Al Mubi, who stated in 2008, in an interview that aired on LBC TV: “There is no minimal age for entering marriage. The Prophet Muhammad is the model we follow.”

[2] Islamic law states: “a Muslim will not be punished for killing an adulterer.”Islam, therefore, encourages honor killing of women. Since men have more sexual rights than women in Islam, it becomes harder to catch a man committing adultery. Thus women become more susceptible to becoming the victims of theabove law, which allows vigilante street justice against adulterous women. I have never heard a Friday sermon stating that honor killing is forbidden in no uncertain terms.

[3] A rebellious wife is one who “answers her husband coldly” or refuses to go to bed with him.  Rebelliousness on the part of the wife nullifies the husband’s obligation to support her and gives him permission to beat her (Shafi Law m10 and m11 p. 541-2). The Prophet said: “A man will not be asked as to why he beat his wife”.–Sunaan Abu Dawud, 11.2142

[4] Divorce is only in the hands of the husband and is as easy as verbally saying “I divorce you.” Thus the wife is divorced whether the husband had the intention to do it or not. Law n3.2 p 559.

[5] There is no community property between husband and wife in Islam. A Muslim wife would be lucky to inherit 20% from her husband. A man’s property after his death is not given to his wife, but is divided among many members of the family such as his parents, other wives; sons take double what daughters get.

[6] A man has the right to have up to 4 wives. Polygamy is not just a right, but loyalty to one wife is discouraged. Mohammed said: “The best Muslims had the largest number of wives,” Bukhari 7.62.7.  A Muslim man does not vow loyalty to his bride in the marriage ceremony and the bride must not expect it. In the Muslim marriage contract itself, the husband is asked to give name and address of wife number 1, 2 and 3 if any. (See a copy of the Muslim marriage contract in my book, chapter 2 of Cruel and Usual Punishment.)

[7] Mutaa or pleasure marriage gives the right to a man to marry a woman for a fixed amount of time, from a few hours to several years. That takes away any holiness in the concept of marriage. The only condition is that the man must pay the woman money (dowry) in exchange for sexual rights over her body. This is simply legalized prostitution, exploiting needy and poor women. This form ofmarriage is not registered or regulated by the State.

Urfi marriage is another form of marriage that is usually kept as a secret. Sharia has not forgotten the traveling man and gave him “Misyar” marriage allowing him “wives” in different cities. Sharia satisfies men’s urges at the expense of women’s dignity and humanity with total disregard to limitations and wholesome standards for men to live by for the benefit of a healthy family life.

[8] The Qur’an often uses the word “nikah,” which literally means sexual intercourse, to mean marriage. The dowry is called “ugur” in the Qur’an, meaning wage. It is payment for owning a woman’s private parts to be used by the husband as he wishes. “The dowry is given in exchange for the woman’s sexual organs.” (Ibn Kathir)

[9] A man is allowed to have sex with slave women and women captured in battle, and if they are married their marriage is annulled. Qur’an 4:24: “All married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess.” Sharia never abolished slavery and highly regulates it, that is, makes it “regular.” Saudi Arabia officially abolished slavery only as late as 1962 after pressure from the “infidel” Western Judeo-Christian culture. To this day, the Muslim leadership in Egypt and Saudi Arabia refuses to annul slave sexual rights for men in Sharia books.

[10] The testimony of a woman in court is half the value of a man, law o24.7. You can  guess who usually wins if a man and woman face each other in court.

[11] Revered Muslim theologian Imam Ghazali (1058-1111) defined marriage for generations of Muslims without apology as: “Marriage is a form of slavery. The woman is man’s slave and her duty therefore is absolute obedience to the husband in all that he asks of her person.”

[12] For a Muslim woman to prove rape, she must have 4 male witnesses. “Proof of adultery and rape will be either confession of accused or eye-witness of four male adult Muslims.” Hudood ordinance #7 of 1989 amended by #8B of 20 of 1990.

[13] A rapist may only be required to pay the bride-money (dowry) without marrying.” law m.8.10, page 535. This law tells the man that all he has to do to rectify a rape is to pay a dowry to the rape victim. Rape is almost always blamed on the girl who must come up with 4 male witnesses, especially if she was not covered up the Islamic way. A Muslim preacher in Australia blamed rape by Muslim men on Australian women whom he described as “uncovered meat.”

[14] The Prophet said, “I looked at Hell and saw that the majority of its inhabitants were women.” Bukhari 4:464. There is a book sold in British mosques entitled: “Women Who Deserve to Go to Hell” by Mansoor Abul Hakim.

[15] A Muslim woman must cover every inch of her body since Islam regards every part of a woman’s body as “Awrah,” a sexual organ. Some sects of Islam demand the covering of the face and others don’t. This kind of extreme cover of even the face deepens the feeling of isolation, gender segregation and becomes the symbol of Islamic submission and presence in the West.

[16] Muslim scriptures describe women as deficient in intellect and faith, toys, crooked, half devils, harmful and detrimental to men. Also the prophet stated:“After me I have not left any affliction more harmful to men than women.” Bukhari V 7, B 62/33. “A woman’s jihad is to please her husband” is taught by some Muslim women websites such as Takva.com, posted on 11-2-2008.

This article is dedicated to Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman in jail who is awaiting death by stoning for alleged adultery. Under international pressure, Iran just announced that her stoning is “postponed.” But the regime still plans to execute her.

Nonie Darwish is the author of “Cruel and Usual Punishment” and “Now They Call Me Infidel” and president of FormerMuslimsUnited.org.

Islam Watch

Horrible practices and institutions, such sexual slavery and concubinage, are spelled out loud and clear in the Quran and hadiths, but even the most decent of Muslims, who would abhor such practices as much as anyone else, also fail to grasp that such things exist in Islam.

It’s quite surprising what you find blatantly expressed in the Islamic texts that few Muslims actually give a thought about.

I am guilty of that myself.

As a child I had always recited verses that mentioned ‘right hand possessions’, but it was only a few years ago that I wondered what that meant. Looking through the related hadiths and tafseers (exegeses), I was shocked to learn that it referred to sexual slaves. It seems that widows and children of non-Muslim men, who were killed in battles waged by Muslims during the Islamic prophet, Muhammad’s time, were taken in as sexual slaves. (More than 70 battles were waged. All but one were offensive.)

In denial the way a child would deny his father is a rapist, I counselled fellow religious friends from the Muslims Student Association about the issue (I later realized that the MSA is an Islamic supremacist group with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and Saudi Arabia). I asked them innocently what the term ‘right hand possessions’ means in the Quran. The ‘brothers’ confirmed what I wished not to hear. And, with absolutely no shame about it and a grin on their faces, they told me it’s a matter that should never be brought up in front of kafirs (infidels).

This concept of concealing your faith to protect or propagate Islam is called taqiyyah. Muslims in Europe are not as concerned about that anymore and are more brazen about what they want to do to European women.

This really should have been no surprise to me, though, given the fact that the Islamic prophet himself had sex slaves, or forced widows to marry him:

1. Rayhana bint Zaid bin Amru was 15 and Muhammad was 56 years old when he attached the Jewish tribe of Banu Qariiza. He took her as a sex slave after she refused to convert to Islam to be his wife.
2. Juwayriya bint al-Harith was 20 and Muhammad was 58 years old when the Muslims attacked her Jewish tribe, the Banu Mustaliq. She was taken as a sex slave for one of the Muslims. She begged Muhammad to free her, and he allowed that on the condition she marry him.
3. Safiyyah bint Huyayy was 17 and Muhammad was 60 years old when he attacked the Jews of Khaybar and tortured her husband to death. On their first night, she was a right hand possession, and was lately swiftly made to marry him (as if the mock marriage makes it all morally justifiable…)
4. Maria the Copt was a Christian slave Muhammad received as a gift from a ruler in Egypt.

A video made by Zaki Ameen that shows the naked truth as it is. Warning: Sexually explicit content!

At the end of this article is a comprehensive list of verses and supporting hadiths that indicate clearly that not only were concubines permitted and encouraged, but that the rapists (no euphemism here) were discouraged by Muhammad from performing coitus interruptus. Yes, they actually had to keep their penises inside while ejaculating, thus potentially adding a permanent memory of the rape.

The list is comprehensive, but I am no genius here. Not long ago, I happened to run into an interesting series of Arabic YouTube videos on the matter (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3).

Video’s here

The videos show an interview an Iqra channel hostess had with two Islamic scholars. She is asking them how Muslims can respond to accusations that Islam permits concubinage. The scholars’ reactions are rather telling, with one sheikh engaging in mental gymnastics and beating around the bush, and the other scowling at her, scolding her, and even walking off the show for a while in order to avoid answering.

This interview is not run by a bunch of Islam bashers or haters or Jews, or whatever fake demons a Muslim has in his or her mind. It’s run by a religious presenter with two sheikh guests, on a Saudi channel. Their reaction reminds me of how the following Quranic verses (5:101-2):

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ وَإِنْ تَسْأَلُوا عَنْهَا حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ الْقُرْآنُ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ۗ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ
قَدْ سَأَلَهَا قَوْمٌ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحُوا بِهَا كَافِرِينَ

O you who believe! do not put questions about things which if declared to you may trouble you, and if you question about them when the Quran is being revealed, they shall be declared to you; Allah pardons this, and Allah is Forgiving, Forbearing.

A people before you indeed asked such questions, and then became disbelievers on account of them.
The hostess, Basma Wahba, eventually removed her hijab. People can only tolerate stupidity to a certain level, and to Basma Wahba, she saw the stupidity she lived in under the hijab after her revealing experience with those scholars.

I had the evidence below and the videos shown to some Muslim sisters, who reacted in denial and anger at me. My sin was to quote the Islamic passages they regard as sancrosanct, and yet they shoot me, the messenger.

My message to my angry Muslim sisters is this: Truth stands against doubt, so don’t fear doubt. God will never punish you for using your minds.

Compilation

Each verse and hadith is first shown in original Arabic, followed by an English translation.

النساء #3:
وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلاَّ تُقْسِطُواْ فِي الْيَتَامَى فَانكِحُواْ مَا طَابَ لَكُم مِّنَ النِّسَاء مَثْنَى وَثُلاَثَ وَرُبَاعَ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلاَّ تَعْدِلُواْ فَوَاحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ ذَلِكَ أَدْنَى أَلاَّ تَعُولُواْ

Quran 4:3:
And if you fear that you cannot act equitably towards orphans, then marry such women as seem good to you, two and three and four; but if you fear that you will not do justice (between them), then (marry) only one or what your right hands possess; this is more proper, that you may not deviate from the right course.

The above verse says that if you cannot be just to your wives, then marry only one or an unlimited number of concubines. This is corroborated by the following two sahih hadiths:

يا ابن أختي اليتيمة تكون في حجر وليها فيرغب في مالها‏
‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏عَلِيٌّ ‏ ‏سَمِعَ ‏ ‏حَسَّانَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏الزُّهْرِيِّ ‏ ‏قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ‏ ‏عُرْوَةُ ‏ ‏أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ ‏ ‏عَائِشَةَ ‏عَنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى ‏
‏وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا ‏ ‏تُقْسِطُوا ‏ ‏فِي الْيَتَامَى فَانْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِنْ النِّسَاءِ مَثْنَى وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا فَوَاحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ ذَلِكَ أَدْنَى أَلَّا تَعُولُوا ‏
‏قَالَتْ ‏ ‏يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي الْيَتِيمَةُ تَكُونُ فِي حَجْرِ وَلِيِّهَا فَيَرْغَبُ فِي مَالِهَا وَجَمَالِهَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا بِأَدْنَى مِنْ سُنَّةِ صَدَاقِهَا فَنُهُوا أَنْ يَنْكِحُوهُنَّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُقْسِطُوا لَهُنَّ فَيُكْمِلُوا الصَّدَاقَ وَأُمِرُوا بِنِكَاحِ مَنْ سِوَاهُنَّ مِنْ النِّسَاءِ

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 2:
Narrated ‘Urwa: that he asked ‘Aisha about the Statement of Allah: ‘If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry (other) women of your choice, two or three or four; but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (the captives) that your right hands possess. That will be nearer to prevent you from doing injustice.’ (4.3) ‘Aisha said, “O my nephew! (This Verse has been revealed in connection with) an orphan girl under the guardianship of her guardian who is attracted by her wealth and beauty and intends to marry her with a Mahr less than what other women of her standard deserve. So they (such guardians) have been forbidden to marry them unless they do justice to them and give them their full Mahr, and they are ordered to marry other women instead of them.”

تزويج اليتيمة
حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏أَبُو الْيَمَانِ ‏ ‏أَخْبَرَنَا ‏ ‏شُعَيْبٌ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏الزُّهْرِيِّ ‏ ‏وَقَالَ ‏ ‏اللَّيْثُ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنِي ‏ ‏عُقَيْلٌ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ‏ ‏أَخْبَرَنِي ‏ ‏عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ ‏ ‏أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ ‏ ‏عَائِشَةَ ‏ ‏رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ‏

‏قَالَ لَهَا يَا ‏ ‏أُمَّتَاهْ ‏
‏وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا ‏ ‏تُقْسِطُوا ‏ ‏فِي الْيَتَامَى ‏ ‏إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ‏ ‏مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ ‏
‏قَالَتْ ‏ ‏عَائِشَةُ ‏ ‏يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي هَذِهِ الْيَتِيمَةُ تَكُونُ فِي حَجْرِ وَلِيِّهَا فَيَرْغَبُ فِي جَمَالِهَا وَمَالِهَا وَيُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْتَقِصَ مِنْ صَدَاقِهَا فَنُهُوا عَنْ نِكَاحِهِنَّ إِلَّا أَنْ ‏ ‏يُقْسِطُوا ‏ ‏لَهُنَّ فِي إِكْمَالِ الصَّدَاقِ وَأُمِرُوا بِنِكَاحِ مَنْ سِوَاهُنَّ مِنْ النِّسَاءِ قَالَتْ ‏ ‏عَائِشَةُ ‏ ‏اسْتَفْتَى النَّاسُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ‏
‏وَيَسْتَفْتُونَكَ فِي النِّسَاءِ ‏ ‏إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ‏ ‏وَتَرْغَبُونَ أَنْ تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ ‏
‏فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ أَنَّ الْيَتِيمَةَ إِذَا كَانَتْ ذَاتَ مَالٍ وَجَمَالٍ رَغِبُوا فِي نِكَاحِهَا وَنَسَبِهَا وَالصَّدَاقِ وَإِذَا كَانَتْ مَرْغُوبًا عَنْهَا فِي قِلَّةِ الْمَالِ وَالْجَمَالِ تَرَكُوهَا وَأَخَذُوا غَيْرَهَا مِنْ النِّسَاءِ قَالَتْ فَكَمَا يَتْرُكُونَهَا حِينَ يَرْغَبُونَ عَنْهَا فَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَنْكِحُوهَا إِذَا رَغِبُوا فِيهَا إِلَّا أَنْ ‏ ‏يُقْسِطُوا ‏ ‏لَهَا وَيُعْطُوهَا حَقَّهَا الْأَوْفَى مِنْ الصَّدَاقِ ‏

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 71:
Narrated ‘Urwa bin Az-Zubair: that he asked ‘Aisha, saying to her, “O Mother! (In what connection was this Verse revealed):
‘If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with orphan girls (to the end of the verse) that your right hands possess?” (4.3) Aisha said, “O my nephew! It was about the female orphan under the protection of her guardian who was interested in her beauty and wealth and wanted to marry her with a little or reduced Mahr. So such guardians were forbidden to marry female orphans unless they deal with them justly and give their full Mahr; and they were ordered to marry women other than them.”‘Aisha added, “(Later) the people asked Allah’s Apostle, for instructions, and then Allah revealed: ‘They ask your instruction concerning the women . . . And yet whom you desire to marry.’ (4.127) So Allah revealed to them in this Verse that-if a female orphan had wealth and beauty, they desired to marry her and were interested in her noble descent and the reduction of her Mahr; but if she was not desired by them because of her lack in fortune and beauty they left her and married some other woman. So, as they used to leave her when they had no interest in her, they had no right to marry her if they had the desire to do so, unless they deal justly with her and gave her a full amount of Mahr.”

النساء #25
وَمَن لَّمْ يَسْتَطِعْ مِنكُمْ طَوْلاً أَن يَنكِحَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ فَمِن مِّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُم مِّن فَتَيَاتِكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَاللّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِإِيمَانِكُمْ بَعْضُكُم مِّن بَعْضٍ فَانكِحُوهُنَّ بِإِذْنِ أَهْلِهِنَّ وَآتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ مُحْصَنَاتٍ غَيْرَ مُسَافِحَاتٍ وَلاَ مُتَّخِذَاتِ أَخْدَانٍ فَإِذَا أُحْصِنَّ فَإِنْ أَتَيْنَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ فَعَلَيْهِنَّ نِصْفُ مَا عَلَى الْمُحْصَنَاتِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِيَ الْعَنَتَ مِنْكُمْ وَأَن تَصْبِرُواْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَاللّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Quran 4:25:
And whoever among you has not within his power ampleness of means to marry free believing women, then (he may marry) of those whom your right hands possess from among your believing* maidens; and Allah knows best your faith: you are (sprung) the one from the other; so marry them with the permission of their masters, and give them their dowries justly, they being chaste, not fornicating, nor receiving paramours; and when they are taken in marriage, then if they are guilty of indecency, they shall suffer half the punishment which is (inflicted) upon free women. This is for him among you who fears falling into evil; and that you abstain is better for you, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.”

What the verse is saying is that, if you have slave girls, you can marry them if you wish because, under Islamic law, their marriages to their actually husbands are annulled once they became sex slaves.
The verse was revealed because some of the female ‘war booty’ were already married and the rapists told the their prophet that they disliked having relations with them if they are already married.
(*According to the tafseer Al-Jami li-Ahkam al-Qur’an (Tafseer Al-Qurtubi) ‘believing women’ refers to the ‘People of the Book’, Jews and Christians. Muslim men are now allowed to married women who are non-adherents to any of the Abrahamic faiths.)

This verse is confirmed by the following sahih hadith:

بعث جيشا إلى أوطاس فلقوا عدوا فقاتلوهم فظهروا عليهم‏
حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏قَتَادَةَ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏صَالِحٍ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ الْهَاشِمِيِّ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ‏
‏أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏يَوْمَ ‏ ‏حُنَيْنٍ ‏ ‏بَعَثَ جَيْشًا إِلَى ‏ ‏أَوْطَاسَ ‏ ‏فَلَقُوا عَدُوًّا فَقَاتَلُوهُمْ فَظَهَرُوا عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَصَابُوا لَهُمْ ‏ ‏سَبَايَا ‏ ‏فَكَأَنَّ نَاسًا مِنْ ‏ ‏أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏تَحَرَّجُوا مِنْ ‏ ‏غِشْيَانِهِنَّ ‏ ‏مِنْ أَجْلِ أَزْوَاجِهِنَّ مِنْ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي ذَلِكَ ‏
‏وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ ‏ ‏مِنْ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ ‏
‏أَيْ فَهُنَّ لَكُمْ حَلَالٌ إِذَا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهُنَّ ‏
‏و حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ‏ ‏وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ‏ ‏وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ ‏ ‏قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏سَعِيدٍ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏قَتَادَةَ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ ‏ ‏أَنَّ ‏ ‏أَبَا عَلْقَمَةَ الْهَاشِمِيَّ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَ أَنَّ ‏ ‏أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَهُمْ ‏ ‏أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏بَعَثَ يَوْمَ ‏ ‏حُنَيْنٍ ‏ ‏سَرِيَّةً ‏ ‏بِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِ ‏ ‏يَزِيدَ بْنِ زُرَيْعٍ ‏ ‏غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ مِنْهُنَّ فَحَلَالٌ لَكُمْ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ إِذَا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهُنَّ ‏ ‏و حَدَّثَنِيهِ ‏ ‏يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏شُعْبَةُ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏قَتَادَةَ ‏ ‏بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ‏ ‏نَحْوَهُ ‏

Sahih Muslim, Book 8, Number 3432:
Abu Sa’id al-Khudri (Allah her pleased with him) reported that at the Battle of Hanain Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) sent an army to Autas and encountered the enemy and fought with them. Having overcome them and taken them captives, the Companions of Allah’s Messenger (may peace te [sic] upon him) seemed to refrain from having intercourse with captive women because of their husbands being polytheists. Then Allah, Most High, sent down regarding that:” And women already married, except those whom your right hands possess (iv. 24)” (i. e. they were lawful for them when their ‘Idda period came to an end).

The hadith is repeated twice in Sahih Muslim in Sahih Muslim, Book 8, Number 3433 and Sahih Muslim, Book 8, Number 3434.

سورة المؤمنون #1-6
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ (1)
الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ (2)
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ (3)
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكَاةِ فَاعِلُونَ (4)
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ (5)
إِلَّا عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ (6)

Quran 23:1–6
(1) Successful indeed are the believers,
(2) Who are humble in their prayers,
(3) And who keep aloof from what is vain,
(4) And who are givers of poor-rate,
(5) And who guard their private parts,
(6) Except before their mates or those whom their right hands possess, for they surely are not blameable,

النور #31
وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَى جُيُوبِهِنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاء بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاء بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَائِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُنَّ أَوِ التَّابِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُوْلِي الْإِرْبَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ أَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَى عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَاء وَلَا يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْفِينَ مِن زِينَتِهِنَّ وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعاً أَيُّهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُون

Quran 24:31:
And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts and do not display their ornaments except what appears thereof, and let them wear their head-coverings over their bosoms, and not display their ornaments except to their husbands or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers’ sons, or their sisters’ sons, or their women, or those whom their right hands possess, or the male servants not having need (of women), or the children who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women; and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may be known; and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! so that you may be successful.

النور #58
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِيَسْتَأْذِنكُمُ الَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحُلُمَ مِنكُمْ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ مِن قَبْلِ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَحِينَ تَضَعُونَ ثِيَابَكُم مِّنَ الظَّهِيرَةِ وَمِن بَعْدِ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاء ثَلَاثُ عَوْرَاتٍ لَّكُمْ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ جُنَاحٌ بَعْدَهُنَّ طَوَّافُونَ عَلَيْكُم بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ كَذَلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

Quran 24:58:
O you who believe! let those whom your right hands possess and those of you who have not attained to puberty ask permission of you three times; before the morning prayer, and when you put off your clothes at midday in summer, and after the prayer of the nightfall; these are three times of privacy for you; neither is it a sin for you nor for them besides these, some of you must go round about (waiting) upon others; thus does Allah make clear to you the communications, and Allah is Knowing, Wise.

The above verse forbids concubines and children from entering the male’s private room with permission during three times of the day. Mentioning concubines casually infers they were not forbidden.

الأحزاب # 50 – 52
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَحْلَلْنَا لَكَ أَزْوَاجَكَ اللَّاتِي آتَيْتَ أُجُورَهُنَّ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ مِمَّا أَفَاء اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمِّكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمَّاتِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَالِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَالَاتِكَ اللَّاتِي هَاجَرْنَ مَعَكَ وَامْرَأَةً مُّؤْمِنَةً إِن وَهَبَتْ نَفْسَهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ إِنْ أَرَادَ النَّبِيُّ أَن يَسْتَنكِحَهَا خَالِصَةً لَّكَ مِن دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا فَرَضْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِي أَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ لِكَيْلَا يَكُونَ عَلَيْكَ حَرَجٌ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُوراً رَّحِيماً (50)

تُرْجِي مَن تَشَاء مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَن تَشَاء وَمَنِ ابْتَغَيْتَ مِمَّنْ عَزَلْتَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكَ ذَلِكَ أَدْنَى أَن تَقَرَّ أَعْيُنُهُنَّ وَلَا يَحْزَنَّ وَيَرْضَيْنَ بِمَا آتَيْتَهُنَّ كُلُّهُنَّ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيماً حَلِيماً (51)

لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ النِّسَاء مِن بَعْدُ وَلَا أَن تَبَدَّلَ بِهِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَاجٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ حُسْنُهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ رَّقِيباً (52

Quran 33:50–52:
(50) O Prophet! surely We have made lawful to you your wives whom you have given their dowries, and those whom your right hand possesses out of those whom Allah has given to you as prisoners of war, and the daughters of your paternal uncles and the daughters of your paternal aunts, and the daughters of your maternal uncles and the daughters of your maternal aunts who fled with you; and a believing woman if she gave herself to the Prophet, if the Prophet desired to marry her– specially for you, not for the (rest of) believers; We know what We have ordained for them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess in order that no blame may attach to you; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

(51) You may put off whom you please of them, and you may take to you whom you please, and whom you desire of those whom you had separated provisionally; no blame attaches to you; this is most proper, so that their eyes may be cool and they may not grieve, and that they should be pleased, all of them with what you give them, and Allah knows what is in your hearts; and Allah is Knowing, Forbearing.

(52) It is not allowed to you to take women afterwards, nor that you should change them for other wives, though their beauty be pleasing to you, except what your right hand possesses and Allah is Watchful over all things.

المعارج #30
إِلَّا عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

Quran 70:30:
Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess– for these surely are not to be blamed..

The above verse has a similar implication to 23:6, which was previously shown and explained.

Below are sahih hadiths on having coitus interruptus with female war captives. While the Islamic prophet forbade coitus interruptus, he also said that they should not worry about whether the woman would become pregnant, because that would be part of the qadar (predetermination). Hence, he did forbid coitus interruptus but implied that it’s okay to have intercourse with the female captives without withdrawing the genitals upon ejaculation.

أوإنكم تفعلون ذلك لا عليكم أن لا تفعلوا ذلكم فإنها‏
‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏أَبُو الْيَمَانِ ‏ ‏أَخْبَرَنَا ‏ ‏شُعَيْبٌ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏الزُّهْرِيِّ ‏ ‏قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ‏ ‏ابْنُ مُحَيْرِيزٍ ‏ ‏أَنَّ ‏ ‏أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ ‏ ‏رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ‏ ‏أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ ‏
‏بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نُصِيبُ سَبْيًا فَنُحِبُّ الْأَثْمَانَ فَكَيْفَ تَرَى فِي الْعَزْلِ فَقَالَ ‏ ‏أَوَإِنَّكُمْ تَفْعَلُونَ ذَلِكَ لَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلُوا ذَلِكُمْ فَإِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ نَسَمَةٌ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ إِلَّا هِيَ خَارِجَةٌ

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 34, Number 432:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
that while he was sitting with Allah’s Apostle he said, “O Allah’s Apostle! We get female
captives as our share of booty, and we are interested in their prices, what is your opinion about coitus interrupt us [sic][?" The Prophet said, "Do you really do that? It is better for you not to do it. No soul that which Allah has destined to exist, but will surely come into existence.

ما عليكم أن لا تفعلوا ما من نسمة كائنة إلى يوم القيامة‏
حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ‏ ‏أَخْبَرَنَا ‏ ‏مَالِكٌ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏ابْنِ مُحَيْرِيزٍ ‏ ‏قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ‏ ‏أَبَا سَعِيدٍ ‏ ‏رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ‏ ‏فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ ‏
‏خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏فِي ‏ ‏غَزْوَةِ ‏ ‏بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ ‏ ‏فَأَصَبْنَا سَبْيًا مِنْ سَبْيِ ‏ ‏الْعَرَبِ ‏ ‏فَاشْتَهَيْنَا النِّسَاءَ فَاشْتَدَّتْ عَلَيْنَا الْعُزْبَةُ وَأَحْبَبْنَا ‏ ‏الْعَزْلَ ‏ ‏فَسَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏فَقَالَ ‏ ‏مَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلُوا مَا مِنْ نَسَمَةٍ كَائِنَةٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَّا وَهِيَ كَائِنَةٌ ‏

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 46, Number 718:
I saw Abu Said and asked him about coitus interruptus. Abu Said said, “We went with Allah’s Apostle, in the Ghazwa of Barli Al-Mustaliq and we captured some of the ‘Arabs as captives, and the long separation from our wives was pressing us hard and we wanted to practice coitus interruptus. We asked Allah’s Apostle (whether it was permissible). He said, “It is better for you not to do so. No soul, (that which Allah has) destined to exist, up to the Day of Resurrection, but will definitely come, into existence.”

ما عليكم أن لا تفعلوا ما من نسمة كائنة إلى يوم القيامة‏
حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ‏ ‏أَخْبَرَنَا ‏ ‏إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏ابْنِ مُحَيْرِيزٍ ‏ ‏أَنَّهُ قَالَ ‏
‏دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَرَأَيْتُ ‏ ‏أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ ‏ ‏فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ الْعَزْلِ قَالَ ‏ ‏أَبُو سَعِيدٍ ‏ ‏خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏فِي ‏ ‏غَزْوَةِ ‏ ‏بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ ‏ ‏فَأَصَبْنَا سَبْيًا مِنْ سَبْيِ ‏ ‏الْعَرَبِ ‏ ‏فَاشْتَهَيْنَا النِّسَاءَ وَاشْتَدَّتْ عَلَيْنَا الْعُزْبَةُ وَأَحْبَبْنَا الْعَزْلَ فَأَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَعْزِلَ وَقُلْنَا نَعْزِلُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا قَبْلَ أَنْ نَسْأَلَهُ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ ‏ ‏مَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلُوا مَا مِنْ نَسَمَةٍ كَائِنَةٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَّا وَهِيَ كَائِنَةٌ

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59, Number 459:
Narrated Ibn Muhairiz: I entered the Mosque and saw Abu Said Al-Khudri and sat beside him and asked him about Al-Azl (i.e. coitus interruptus). Abu Said said, “We went out with Allah’s Apostle for the Ghazwa of Banu Al-Mustaliq and we received captives from among the Arab captives and we desired women and celibacy became hard on us and we loved to do coitus interruptus. So when we intended to do coitus interrupt us, we said, ‘How can we do coitus interruptus before asking Allah’s Apostle who is present among us?” We asked (him) about it and he said, ‘It is better for you not to do so, for if any soul (till the Day of Resurrection) is predestined to exist, it will exist.”

أوإنكم لتفعلون قالها ثلاثا ما من نسمة كائنة إلى يوم‏
حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَسْمَاءَ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏جُوَيْرِيَةُ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏الزُّهْرِيِّ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏ابْنِ مُحَيْرِيزٍ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ‏ ‏قَالَ ‏
‏أَصَبْنَا سَبْيًا فَكُنَّا نَعْزِلُ فَسَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏فَقَالَ ‏ ‏أَوَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَفْعَلُونَ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا مَا مِنْ نَسَمَةٍ كَائِنَةٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَّا هِيَ ‏ ‏كَائِنَةٌ

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 137:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: We got female captives in the war booty and we used to do coitus interruptus with them. So we asked Allah’s Apostle about it and he said, “Do you really do that?” repeating the question thrice, “There is no soul that is destined to exist but will come into existence, till the Day of Resurrection.”

ما عليكم أن لا تفعلوا فإن الله قد كتب من هو خالق‏
حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏إِسْحَاقُ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏عَفَّانُ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏وُهَيْبٌ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏مُوسَى هُوَ ابْنُ عُقْبَةَ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنِي ‏ ‏مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏ابْنِ مُحَيْرِيزٍ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ‏
‏فِي ‏ ‏غَزْوَةِ ‏ ‏بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ ‏ ‏أَنَّهُمْ أَصَابُوا ‏ ‏سَبَايَا ‏ ‏فَأَرَادُوا أَنْ يَسْتَمْتِعُوا بِهِنَّ وَلَا يَحْمِلْنَ فَسَأَلُوا النَّبِيَّ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏الْعَزْلِ ‏ ‏فَقَالَ ‏ ‏مَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ كَتَبَ مَنْ هُوَ خَالِقٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ‏
‏وَقَالَ ‏ ‏مُجَاهِدٌ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏قَزَعَةَ ‏ ‏سَمِعْتُ ‏ ‏أَبَا سَعِيدٍ ‏ ‏فَقَالَ ‏ ‏قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏لَيْسَتْ نَفْسٌ مَخْلُوقَةٌ إِلَّا اللَّهُ خَالِقُهَا

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 93, Number 506:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: That during the battle with Bani Al-Mustaliq they (Muslims) captured some females and intended to have sexual relation with them without impregnating them. So they asked the Prophet about coitus interrupt us. The Prophet said, “It is better that you should not do it, for Allah has written whom He is going to create till the Day of Resurrection.” Qaza’a said, “I heard Abu Sa’id saying that the Prophet said, ‘No soul is ordained to be created but Allah will create it.”

Fakhour is an ex-Muslim and a former member of the Muslim Student Association (MSA), currently living in Toronto, Canada. This article first appeared at Fakhour’s FFI Blog and its reproduction in full or in part is permitted, in fact encouraged, with proper attributions.

• AtlasShrugs: The One Constant – Islamic Jew hatred: Egypt Bans Marriage to Israelis

Obama throws women under the bus

Obama is not in favor with at least one blogger at the generally reliably dhimmi Economist. “Next time he would do better to remember, as the secretary of state famously put it, that women’s rights are human rights.” Indeed.

“Throwing women under the bus,” from The Economist Democracy in America blog, June 5 (thanks to JW):

Caroline Glick is unimpressed:

He spoke of the need to grant equality to women without making mention of common Islamic practices like so-called honor killings, and female genital mutilation. He ignored the fact that throughout the lands of Islam women are denied basic legal and human rights. And then he qualified his statement by mendaciously claiming that women in the US similarly suffer from an equality deficit. In so discussing this issue, Obama sent the message that he couldn’t care less about the plight of women in the Islamic world.

So, too, Obama spoke about the need for religious freedom but ignored Saudi Arabian religious apartheid. He talked about the blessings of democracy but ignored the problems of tyranny.

In short, Obama’s “straight talk” to the Arab world, which began with his disingenuous claim that like America, Islam is committed to “justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings,” was consciously and fundamentally fraudulent. And this fraud was advanced to facilitate his goal of placing the Islamic world on equal moral footing with the free world.

Read the whole thing …

• More Obambinations: Anne Bayefsky rips Obama‘s apologia in Cairo, Israel Matzav:

1. Obama’s Twisted Facts and Omissions The Muslim POTUS’ Cairo speech doesn’t square with the facts from the Qur’an and Hadith.
2. Sorry, There Were No Muslims on the Mayflower /Obama says Muslims made significant contributions to U.S. history. But other than slave trading and 9/11, there really isn’t much to speak of.
3. Radical Islam is the Army of ‘Moderate’ Islam: Islamic terrorists are simply the military wing of the Muslim community.
   
4. UK Police Hunt Muslim Serial Killer and Rapist…
   
5. 1st Female Saudi Minister Needs Permission to Appear on TV…
6. Islamists Cane Woman for Talking to Hindu Man…
7. Pak. Court Allows Kidnapped Christian Girl to Leave Rapist…

OBAMA’S ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN ISLAM: “THE STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN’S EQUALITY CONTINUES IN MANY ASPECTS OF AMERICAN LIFE, AND IN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD”

Female member of Muslim Brotherhood claims movement “would give more freedom for all aspects of Egyptian society, including women”

• Taking brainwashing to new hights:

Nor does it end there; according to her, “Islamic law would provide benefits for women similar to those of American women, such as equality between the genders … and the ability to choose what to wear without discrimination.” Obviously, she has another Islamic law in mind.

“A Woman in the Muslim Brotherhood,” from Jacksonville.com, via JW

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt would give more freedom for all aspects of Egyptian society, including women, if the movement achieved power in the country, a female member of the group said.

* Yep. The freedom of the burka. How good is that?

 

Hiba, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. The 28-year-old said she joined the party nine years ago because the party’s plans include social as well as religious and political concerns. Although the Muslim Brotherhood was founded in 1928, it remains banned in Egypt. Because of its illegal status in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood is not recognized by the U.S. government, although it is not listed as a terrorist organization.[...]

While the Brotherhood is Egypt’s largest opposition party, the current government makes it difficult to join parties other than the ruling National Democratic Party, led by current president Hosni Mubarak, according to Hiba and other Egyptians. Hiba said the Mubarak regime has not allowed the Muslim Brotherhood to take the parliamentary seats it won in the 2005 elections.   She added that some government branches, such as the Minister of Information, create problems for women who adhere to the Islamic dress code, even though the constitution of Egypt lists the state religion as Islam. This discrimination against veiled women, Hiba said, exists regardless of whether they are affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. For example, the Minister of Information controls the state-owned broadcast stations anddoes not allow female presenters to wear a headscarf on-air, even though adherence to the rules of hijab has recently increased among Egyptian women.

For Hiba, the Muslim Brotherhood’s goals of instituting Islamic law would provide benefits for women similar to those of American women, such as equality between the genders, job opportunities, free elections, more seats in ministries and Parliament, and the ability to choose what to wear without discrimination.

“American women have all these rights; I wish I had these rights,” Hiba said…

Women refuse refuge because of nearby mosque

The Qur’an sanctions the beating of disobedient women (4:34). In one New Zealand town, those who want to escape this abuse are afraid to do so because a mosque is next door to the shelter, and they could be recognized. Don’t these battered Muslim women know that Islam teaches peace and tolerance?

“Women refuse refuge because of nearby mosque,” by Esther Harward for the Sunday Star Times, via DW

* Newslink: Canadian woman held against her will in Saudi Arabia by her husband — “under Saudi law, she is his property”

Muslim women are staying away from a domesitc violence crisis centre since a mosque opened next door.

The Auckland Shakti Asian Women’s Centre in Onehunga helps women escape violent domestic situations but women are too scared to go because they may be recognised by their husbands or relatives attending the mosque.

The centre has an alternative premises but cannot move in because Auckland City Council has held back planning permission for more than a year.

Meanwhile, Housing New Zealand Corporation is paying $310 a week $4030 so far for security guards to keep vandals away from the empty building that the women could move into.

Centre spokesperson Shila Nair said victims were “really afraid” to go to the centre in Church St, Onehunga in case they were recognised by men worshipping at the Onehunga Islamic Mosque, which is over a boundary fence.

Women who visited the centre usually did so without telling their husbands, she said. “If their husbands, in-laws or any other family members or friends were to know that they have visited Shakti, life for them would be even more difficult. We have had instances of women who visited our Women’s Centre later accessing our refuge.”

Most were from Middle Eastern, Africa and Asian countries that don’t legislate against domestic violence. Staff tell them what their rights are under New Zealand law.

The crisis centre took 4800 phone calls last year on a 24 hour nationwide helpline of which 90% were about family violence. Of the calls, half of the women were recommended to visit for counselling, legal advice or training.

The housing corporation renovated another building for the women to move to after the mosque bought a building next door from the Jehovah’s Witness church. The women have been waiting for 18 months for the council to grant resource consent for them to use the house. Council resource consents team leader Ian Smallburn said the consent was “on hold” because of concerns about the impact of parking on neighbours, trees and stormwater. It was not known when the issues would be resolved.

The centre opened a decade ago and is the busiest of Shakti’s five branches in Auckland, Tauranga and Christchurch, which together they help 6000 women a year escape domestic abuse.

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Update from Pamela: take a look at Turkey:

SECULAR ISLAM: ‘WIFE BEATING VIRTUALLY INSTITUTIONALIZED”

* Some seem to like the rough stuff:

Poll: 70% of Israeli Arab women think slaps are not domestic abuse

Interesting that one of the first complainants about this post is a Muslim female who claims that there is plenty of wife-beating going on in Australia. That may be true, but we have laws against it and we have plenty of help for abused spouses, wereas Islam prescribes the practice. These arguments are tiresome….

Some 70 percent of Arab women in Israel believe women who are pushed, slapped or struck by their male partners are not victims of domestic violence, according to a poll conducted by the Na’amatwomen’s organization.

The organization conducted the survey to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Some 73 percent believe women whose partners curse or humiliate them are not victims of violence.

Asked whether they agree with the claim that “sometimes a man acting violently toward a woman is justified and she understands this,” 23 percent of the respondents said yes, compared to 71 percent who said they did not.

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VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: JORDAN, 20% APPROVE TO BE BEATEN

AMMAN, NOVEMBER 25 – Around 20 percent of Jordanian women approve being beaten by husbands to discipline them, according to a survey conducted by the department of statistics that was published today.

The study included nearly 15,000 families and 11,000 women who got married, said the report. Most of the respondents aged between 15 to 49 years old. Luck Steve, representative of UN Agencies which helped conduct the study, said measures must be taken to fight violence against women following surprising results of the survey. “The result of the survey shows we have work to do regarding state of women in the society and how they are being treated,” said Steve. The study was conducted during 2007 and made public during a public ceremony held at the department of statistics. Activists have been campaigning to improve conditions of women in this tribal community, but they are faced with resistance from traditional politicians. Queen Rania has been pushing for more rights to women since she was crowned nine years ago, with her efforts resulting in allowing married women to divorce their husbands, a measure that has been an exclusive right for men since decades. Every year between 15 to 20 women are killed in the name of honour, with killers receiving sentences for just a few months behind bars. (ANSAmed).

TURKEY: REPORT REVEALS HORRORS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

(ANSAmed) – ANKARA, NOVEMBER 26 – A shocking one out of every three women in Turkey are subject to physical violence. This alarming data comes from the report ‘Violence against Women in Turkey’ prepared this year by academics Ayse Gul Altinay and Yesim Arat, as Turkish dailies report today. “Excuses for Domestic Violence in Turkey and Recommendations from Women Victims on How to Avoid Violence” is the title of another report issued by the Turkey’s Compassion Association of Konya to reveal the horrors of domestic violence against women. According to daily Today’s Zaman the report is the result of the association’s findings after speaking with the 9,000 women and girls who have fallen victim to domestic violence and sought shelter with the Compassion Association, which runs women’s and refugees’ shelters and works on behalf of oppressed peoples, since 1995. The report details the excuses Turkish men use for beating their wives: “The woman’s not wanting to engage in sexual activity; the woman’s gaining weight; her inability to bear children or not bearing a male child; the food shés cooked being too salty, burnt, cold or not according to the man’s tastes; not doing a good job ironing his clothing; being late in answering the door when hés come home and knocked; the woman’s getting ill or not getting better after getting ill and leaving the home without permission”. The report also lists some of the disturbing forms of domestic violence including the “striking of the face, eyes, head, chest, back and knees by punching, kicking, caning or using a belt”. Some further extremes include slinging caustic liquids such as acid at women’s faces, pouring boiling-hot water, tea or coffee on her, extinguishing cigarettes directly on women’s exposed skin and wounding women using knives. (ANSAmed).

Update from Australia:

Islam in the media – Domestic violence and polygamy 

‘Some Muslim religious leaders are condoning domestic violence, rape within marriage, polygamy, welfare fraud and exploitation of women, according to a new Report prepared by the Islamic Women’s Welfare Council of Victoria’.(1)

Barney Zwartz, writing in The Age, said the Report also says “some imams perform polygamous marriages knowing that the second wife, a de facto under Australian law, can claim Centrelink payments.”  His article has extensive quotes and details from the Report. The actual Report is not available online.

The study was funded by the previous Howard government and its’ Muslim Community Reference Group and the final Report was presented at the National Centre of Excellence in Islamic Studies Conference in Melbourne on 19-20 November 2008. Click here for details of the Conference and speakers. The NCEIS was also funded under the same program by the Howard Government.

Some of these claims have been made before, but the fact that they are made in a Report published by a Muslim women’s group is very significant.

Responses from Australia’s Muslim Mufti Sheikh Fehmi:

The Victorian Board of Imams rejected the Report by the Islamic Women’s Welfare Council of Victoria.

In the same article, Barney Zwartz reported:

“The secretary of the Board of Imams, Sheikh Fehmi Naji El-Imam, said he could not understand how the council could write such a report and denied the complaints “absolutely”. “They must have heard stories here and there and are writing about them as though they are fact,” he said.

Sheikh Fehmi, who is also Mufti of Australia, said no authorised imam would conduct a polygamous marriage, and it was absolutely wrong that women’s rights were ignored in marriage or divorce, or that imams ignored domestic violence. “I haven’t heard of any case where the board disregarded a woman or did not try to help her,” he said.

Perhaps it depends on how one defines the word ‘marriage’…

Sheikh Fehmi’s comment on polygamy in the above report is somewhat different to what he told the ABC’s Compass program back on 6 May 2001:

Narrator: “... Islam recognises polygamy so prior to 1968 Imams like Sheikh Fehmi were not permitted to celebrate marriages.

Sheikh Fehmi : “It used to be at the time the late Mr Snedden he was the Attorney General. So I had a good meeting with him one day and tried to convince him that it is important for the Muslim to marry their own people. But he used to say to me. Well you know Sheikh Fehmi that you Muslims may marry more than one and when we are not allowed to let anybody here for have only one wife. I said to him, listen to me please you may register the first one and don’t worry about the second one. He laughed and said all right we won’t have anything to do with the second one. I stopped at the idea and at the time we had gained recognition from the Attorney General for all our Imams around Australia from that year onward.” (2)  [emphasis added]

Following the report in The Age on Friday morning, 21 November, Sheikh Femhi was interviewed on the ABC 7pm News that evening. (3)

During the interview he endorsed polygamy. Although he apparently said it was uncommon and difficult, Sheikh Fehmi said in “some circumstances you may be able to have another wife”. Those circumstances included when the “wife is unable to carry out her duties for her husband”.

Click on the following title to hear the brief ABC News report.

Australia’s highest Muslim authority has defended the practice of polygamy. 

ABC News, Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:04pm

In a detailed interview following these initial reports, Sheik Fehmi responded to the complaints of the women. He said “It is good to hear the complaints of the sisters, and to try to find some solution to their concerns.” (4)

In response to criticism of mosque facilities, he offered to try and organise to allow men and women to pray together in mosques.

He acknowledged that there may be problems with some imams. He said:

* On domestic violence, imams taught that men should never strike their wives. “The prophet said, ‘I never hit a wife in my life’, and everybody should do the same.”

- BUT what about the Qur’an verse that says men may beat their wives? See Sura 4:34

*On polygamy, he said Islam allowed a second wife only if the husband guaranteed he could treat both exactly alike, which almost amounted to a prohibition. “Polygamy in Islam is not willy-nilly. There are a lot of restrictions, which sometimes make it impossible.

But that means it is sometimes possible!

* On rape within marriage, he said the solution was to link legal divorce with Islamic divorce — something the board was working towards.

This article contains extended quotes from the Report by the Islamic Women’s Welfare Council of Victoria. (4)

Media reports: 1. Local Muslim clerics accused

1. Local Muslim Clerics Accused, The Age, Barney Zwartz, 21/11/2008.

2. The Sheikh of Melbourne, Compass, ABC, 6 May 2001.

3. Australia’s highest Muslim authority has defended the practice of polygamy, ABC TV News, 21 Nov 2008. “Australia’s highest Muslim authority has defended the practice of polygamy in the Islamic community in response to a report which found some religious leaders were pressuring women to drop complaints of domestic violence.”

4. Cleric vows to end segregration in mosques, The Age, Barney Zwartz, 22/11/2008.