Kidnapping and Raping Another Man’s Slave Girl Was Also “Halal” If You Desired Her
Islamic law provided a shocking loophole: if a man lusted after another person’s slave girl and the owner refused to sell or swap her, he could simply kidnap her, rape her, and then claim she had died. The only consequence was paying the market price of the “dead” slave girl to the owner. Once the […]
No Prohibition on a Man Having Sex with Both a Slave Woman and Her Daughter (or Mother)
Islamic jurisprudence allowed a man to have sexual relations with a female slave (concubine) and her close blood relatives, such as her mother or daughter, with almost no real restriction. This stands in sharp contrast to the strict and permanent prohibitions that apply to free women. Muwatta Imam Malik (Book 28, Hadith 17): Umar ibn […]
No Physical Punishment for a Husband Who Rapes His Wife’s Slave Girl
Islamic Sharia imposed almost no physical punishment on a husband who had sexual relations with his wife’s slave girl — even if it was without her consent (rape). At most, the slave girl might be freed, but the man faced no lashes, imprisonment, or other penalty. The following traditions make this clear: Sunan an-Nasa’i 3364 […]