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Sahih muslim bangla islamic foundation12/11/2022 The term suriyya was used for female slaves with whom masters enjoyed sexual relations. While a free Muslim woman was considered to be a man's honour, a slave-girl was merely property and not a man's honour. While bearing a master's child could lead to freedom for a slave-girl, the motive that this gave female slaves to have sex with their owners was a cause of regular opposition to concubinage from free wives, and early moral stories depicted wives as the victims of concubinage. Female slaves could also be traded freely among many men, with few, if any, apparent restrictions. In accordance with their lesser status, if a slave fornicated they received less punishment than a free woman. Amira Bennison writes that, in practice, male buyers could not examine female slaves (except her face and hands), but could request her examination by other women. There is disagreement over what Hanafi jurists allowed: according to Ibn Abidin most Hanafi scholars did not allow the exposure of a female slave's body (including chest or back), but Myrne writes they allowed this in the case of potential male buyers. Myrne writes Islamic jurists required female slaves to cover their whole body (except face and hands). Slave women were also not required to cover their arms, hair or legs below the knees. The Caliph Umar prohibited slave girls from resembling free women and forbade them from covering their face. Īs sexual commodities, female slaves were, in some historical periods, not allowed to cover themselves in the fashion of free women. However, while slave concubines could rise to positions of influence, these position did not legally protect them from forced labour, forced marriage and sex, and even elite slaves were still traded as chattel. Separately, if someone bought a woman with child, they could not be separated until, according to Ibn Abi Zayd, the child was six years old. If she bore her master a child and if he accepted paternity she could obtain the position of an Umm walad. Islamic law obliged slave owners to provide their female slaves with food, clothing, and shelter, and gave female slaves protection from sexual exploitation by anyone who was not their owner. Main articles: Islamic views on slavery and Islamic views on concubinage
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