Degradation Of Slave Women In Islam (2)
That question was not answered because it violated the code of conduct of Ask Ghamidi because we do not entertain narrations for which no reference is available, specially a narration which is is not very well known and not easy to find. That question should have been deleted because of grave violations of the code. You are requested to please furnish a reference for the first incident being quoted. These sort of confusions arise when people consider ‘ ahad ‘ narrations to be a source of religion and verbatim reporting in every sense while completely ignoring the principles enumerated in Quran and Sunnah. Princple stance on Slavery was already provided to her and the response is the same for this query as well. Discussion 66923 • Reply 66954 As for the second narration, the narration is very simple to understand, there is no apparent confusion, please refer to the following video: Discussion 59294 • Reply 64738
Do we say the same about a regular couple ( husband and wife ) who opt for any contraceptive methods that the husband is evading resposibilties for his actions? of course we don’t. Therefore, issuing a blanket statement like this is not appropriate. Past should never be undestood in the light of the current circumstances, specially when the matter relates to societal norms and tribal traditions. We need to understand past through the lens of past by giving due regard to the actual factors at play at that time. Slaves and Concubines were an integral part of that society including sexual realtionships with concubines. They had no right whatsoever in that society and were treated like commodities. Islam adopted a gradual approach in this regard, on one hand it closed the doors for new slaves and concubines, while on the other hand, it tried to raise the standard of current slaves and concubines by influencing the psychology of the owners in a positive way and giving those slaves and concubines a right to choose their freedom. In the mean while, certain norms were kept for the time being until those changes take place gradually on their own in the society. One of those norms was sexual relationships with concubines and along with it came the choice to whether have a child or not which had already been practiced even before Islam, just the way one has this option with his wife. There can be many factors at play why a person would choose not to have a child, and being a concubine can be one of those reasons, among others. Just the way some chose not to have children, there were others who had children with their concubines. It was a choice which had to stay with the owner unless slavery was eradicated completely with time. Action of one person narrated through an individual report should not be used to stigmatize the whole scheme of eradication of slavery implemented by Quran. Please go through the following response once again and watch the videos of Ghamidi Sahab shared in that response as well: Discussion 66923 • Reply 66954