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An-Nisa 4:25 ومن لم يستطع منكم طولا ان ينكح المحصنات المومنات فمن ما ملكت ايمانكم من فتياتكم المومنات والله اعلم بايمانكم بعضكم من بعض فانكحوهن باذن اهلهن واتوهن اجورهن بالمعروف محصنات غير مسافحات ولا متخذات اخدان فاذا احصن فان اتين بفاحشة فعليهن نصف ما على المحصنات من العذاب ذالك لمن خشي العنت منكم وان تصبروا خير لكم والله غفور رحيم ٢٥

Page 82 · Juz 5

وَمَن
لَّمۡ
يَسۡتَطِعۡ
مِنكُمۡ
طَوۡلًا
أَن
يَنكِحَ
ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتِ
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ
فَمِن
مَّا
مَلَكَتۡ
أَيۡمَٰنُكُم
مِّن
فَتَيَٰتِكُمُ
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِۚ
وَٱللَّهُ
أَعۡلَمُ
بِإِيمَٰنِكُمۚ
بَعۡضُكُم
مِّنۢ
بَعۡضٖۚ
فَٱنكِحُوهُنَّ
بِإِذۡنِ
أَهۡلِهِنَّ
وَءَاتُوهُنَّ
أُجُورَهُنَّ
بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ
مُحۡصَنَٰتٍ
غَيۡرَ
مُسَٰفِحَٰتٖ
وَلَا
مُتَّخِذَٰتِ
أَخۡدَانٖۚ
فَإِذَآ
أُحۡصِنَّ
فَإِنۡ
أَتَيۡنَ
بِفَٰحِشَةٖ
فَعَلَيۡهِنَّ
نِصۡفُ
مَا
عَلَى
ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتِ
مِنَ
ٱلۡعَذَابِۚ
ذَٰلِكَ
لِمَنۡ
خَشِيَ
ٱلۡعَنَتَ
مِنكُمۡۚ
وَأَن
تَصۡبِرُواْ
خَيۡرٞ
لَّكُمۡۗ
وَٱللَّهُ
غَفُورٞ
رَّحِيمٞ
٢٥
But if any of you cannot afford to marry a free believing woman, then ˹let him marry˺ a believing bondwoman possessed by one of you. Allah knows best ˹the state of˺ your faith ˹and theirs˺. You are from one another.1 So marry them with the permission of their owners,2 giving them their dowry in fairness, if they are chaste, neither promiscuous nor having secret affairs. If they commit indecency after marriage, they receive half the punishment of free women.3 This is for those of you who fear falling into sin. But if you are patient, it is better for you. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

And whoever among you cannot [find] the means to marry free, believing women, then [he may marry] from those whom your right hands possess of believing slave girls. And Allāh is most knowing about your faith. You [believers] are of one another. So marry them with the permission of their people and give them their due compensation [i.e., mahr] according to what is acceptable. [They should be] chaste, neither [of] those who commit unlawful intercourse randomly nor those who take [secret] lovers. But once they are sheltered in marriage, if they should commit adultery, then for them is half the punishment for free [unmarried] women. This [allowance] is for him among you who fears affliction [i.e., sin], but to be patient is better for you. And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

— Saheeh International

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Marrying a Female Slave, if One Cannot Marry a Free Woman

Allah said, those who do not have,

مِنكُمْ طَوْلاً

(the means), financial capability,

أَن يَنكِحَ الْمُحْصَنَتِ الْمُؤْمِنَتِ

(Wherewith to wed free believing women) meaning, free faithful, chaste women.

فَمِنْ مَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَنُكُم مِّن فَتَيَ
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Marrying a Female Slave, if One Cannot Marry a Free Woman

Allah said, those who do not have,

مِنكُمْ طَوْلاً

(the means), financial capability,

أَن يَنكِح
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