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Mohsannat? A new understanding(very imp)

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    almarh0m
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    Peace Brook , all

    Why do you think ?The Chaste One from the Women in General? are prohibited to be married in 424? (warner)

    prohibition to marry an already married woman is self explanatory. (almarh0m )

    In my opinion the question actually is why are "The Chaste One(s) from the Women in General" or rather the mohsanat in 424 supposed to be married; why are they not considered to be engaged? Especially when you see that the following verse, 425, deals with the way you should approach the mohsanaat and the ma malakat ayman ukum differently?

    You propose to the mohsanat directly to themselves whereas you do that indirectly when the ma malakat ayman ukum are concerned, first taking permission from their families.

    So the same term mohsanaat in the two successive verses, 424 and 425, means the same independent single chaste women, the ma malakat ayman ukum being dependent.

    Peace,
    Hasan Akcay

    And your Defintion/Description of Independent Women is ...? And why do you think to propose to MMA ( "Dependent Women" - your description ), has to be done Indirectly or through their Guardian ?

    Imo , MMA are The Wards of The State , and this may include Orphans , Poor People's Children , Run-Away and people Un-able to look after themselves . People in this category do not necessarily live in a State's Intitution but could be entrusted to families , hence The Consent of the Authority or their Guardian is needed in order to marry them .

    As for the Mohsanat , it is clear why you cannot marry them , and why you can approach directly the "Widowed" and the "Divorced" for marriage .

    I do not see Concept of Engagement as Per Quran acceptable in an Islamic Context , You know how easily an Engagement is Broken but not so with marriage as it has certain conditions . Don't you think a Engagement is nothing but a De facto trial marriage ? The only Muslim country that allows this practice albeit Un-Officially is malaysia , unless of course the People in the Forum know other Places that do so .

    Peace

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      warner
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      Peace Brook

      I will rather leave my question as it is except change the ?ARE? for IS.

      You are still concentrating only on the word Mohsanat and not the term in which Mohsanat is used.

      Does a man have to ask permission from the people of Ma Malakat Aymanakum before he unprotects(expose) his private parts on her?

      Does a man have to ask permission from the people of Mohsanat before he unprotects(expose) his private parts on her?

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        siki
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        Dear warner

        As i have stated earlier that Mohsinnat is a term used for The women(NISSA),
        1.. who do not belong to the prohibited 14 in 4-22.23
        2..are eligible and chaste(The women who commit fahihsha or Zanias are not part of Mohsinnnats

        peace

        siki

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          siki
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          Peace Almarhom

          Thanks for indicating the verse.

          What do you think is the difference between ?Al Muhsanatu min al Nisa? and ?Al Muhsanati al Muminati??

          4-24 is the only verse which is in exact contradiction , to the common understanding and rest all are in perfect harmony.

          I don't find any contradiction in 4-24 and 25, the terms are appropriately used, 24 is in context to all women ,and is in contrast to hurrmat,(Haram) for all mankind. Whereas 25 is talking of marriage with mohsinnat out of believing women,and even preconditioning MMa marriage to believing MMA maidens.
          peace

          siki

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            siki
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            Why do you think ?The Chaste One from the Women in General? are prohibited to be married in 424? (warner)

            prohibition to marry an already married woman is self explanatory. (almarh0m )

            what is the term for Married women in Arabic or Quran?

            peace

            siki

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              siki
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              peace warner , almarhoom

              As there is no doubt that 4-24 is the only verse in whole quran which is in exact contradiction to the understood meanings of Term, MOhsinnat"

              It is in contradiction because we are linking it with 4-23, where as there is no prohibition either with the word "MOhsinnat" or in the verse anywhere.

              The problem occurs ,
              when we take this prohibition in continuity for granted , we end up justifying it by giving it a contradictory meaning (mohsinnat , as married women)

              My question is , why are we linking it ?

              See 4-22, there is a prohibited word for your fathers wife, now go to 4-23 ,, again there is a prohibited word for the rest of the women,

              Above two verses are in continuity , yet words for prohibitions in both the verses are independently used.

              it is very important that there is no word or any prohibition in 4-24.

              peace

              siki

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                Samia
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                what is the term for Married women in Arabic or Quran?

                peace

                siki

                Salaam siki

                The quran does not talk about married women/men, just as it does not talk about male/female orphans, simply because God does not dfferentiate between responsibilities, and thus rights, on gender basis. If you searcn the quraan, you will find that the only specificed job/task linked to a gendr is birth to women, and based on this she has extra rights.

                But I still see that you, and others, are studiously trying to explain "muhsanaat/MMA" as only feminine!

                Also, when God gave an example of "mu'minuun, and kafiruun, m.p" , the exampls were of women, a strong reminder to those who think, that females are always there in the address, and that grammatical gender is just a tool, not a reality.

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                  Samia
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                  Salaam siki

                  t is very important that there is no word or any prohibition in 4-24.

                  It is wa-l muhsanaat. What does "wa and" serve? They are also prohibited. Just because this meaning does not accommodate your understanding of the term, is not a justification to twist universal grammar, not just Arabic.

                  So try to work on another meaning.

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                    warner
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                    Peace Samia

                    All this and more categories are mentioned in the Quraan identifying genders separately.

                    Husband, wife
                    Son, daughter
                    Brother, sister
                    Mother, father
                    Young girl, young boy
                    Slave woman, slave man
                    Believing men, believing women
                    Zani, zania

                    As for muminun and kafirun Quraan identifies them in separate genders also.

                    From which verse did you derive MMA includes men ?

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                      Samia
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                      Peace Samia

                      All this and more categories are mentioned in the Quraan identifying genders separately.

                      Husband, wife
                      Son, daughter
                      Brother, sister
                      Mother, father
                      Young girl, young boy
                      Slave woman, slave man
                      Believing men, believing women
                      Zani, zania

                      As for muminun and kafirun Quraan identifies them in separate genders also.

                      From which verse did you derive MMA includes men ?

                      You seem not to understand what I said. I mentioned the address mainly, and the rights and responsibilities

                      How are the rights and responsibilities of mumin/aat different?

                      Where is young girl and young boy mentiond in rights and responsibilities?

                      What is the different treatment of the zani from the zania?

                      I did not say the quraan did not mention feminine and masculine genders, I said it did not differentiate between their responsibilities and rights on the basis of their gender.

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                        siki
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                        Salaam siki

                        It is wa-l muhsanaat. What does "wa and" serve? They are also prohibited. Just because this meaning does not accommodate your understanding of the term, is not a justification to twist universal grammar, not just Arabic.

                        So try to work on another meaning.

                        let,s first identify the problem then we will sort it out

                        Is , only this" wa " creating trouble?

                        peace

                        siki

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                          Samia
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                          let,s first identify the problem then we will sort it out

                          Is , only this" wa " creating trouble?

                          peace

                          siki

                          On the contrary. It's solving the problem. At least it helps us know that "almohsnaat" in this verse are prohibited; so we might as well take it from there .

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                            siki
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                            Dear samia

                            you are adding a word prohibited from your own side in this verse,

                            why are Mohsinnat allowed everywhere else in Quran? please come up with a reason for this contradiction.

                            peace

                            siki

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                              warner
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                              Brother Siki

                              And/Wa is one problem , a major problem at that.

                              Also I listed 2 other problems in your analysis.

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                                Samia
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                                Dear samia

                                you are adding a word prohibited from your own side in this verse,

                                why are Mohsinnat allowed everywhere else in Quran? please come up with a reason for this contradiction.

                                peace

                                siki

                                I am not adding anything. The "wa" is.

                                Because here the address changes from being to the general audience to being to the particular (i.e a particular group).

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                                  siki
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                                  4-24 Wa almuhsanatu mina alnnisai illa ma malakat aymanukum kitaba Allahi AAalaykum waohilla lakum ma waraa thalikum an tabtaghoo biamwalikum muhsineena ghayra musafiheena fama istamtaAAtum bihi minhunna faatoohunna ojoorahunna fareedatan wala junaha AAalaykum feema taradaytum bihi min baAAdi alfareedati inna Allaha kana AAaleeman hakeeman

                                  Now let us translate word by word .

                                  4-24 AND MOHSANNAT OUT OF NISA EXCEPT MMA GOD?S BOOK IS OVER YOU

                                  AND LAWFUL FOR YOU BESIDES THOSE THAT YOU SEEK WITH YOUR

                                  WEALTH IN A FAIR RELATIONSHIP NOT MUSAAFIHEEN THEN WHAT

                                  BENEFIT YOU DERIVE WITH IT FROM THEM THEN GIVE THEM THEIR

                                  DOWERS AS APPOINTED AND NO BLAME UPON YOU WHAT YOU

                                  MUTTALLY AGREE WITH

                                  peace

                                  siki

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                                    brook
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                                    And your Defintion/Description of Independent Women is ...? (almarh0m)

                                    Women who can decide for themselves in terms of personal matters such as marriage. Widows are independent.

                                    And why do you think to propose to MMA ( "Dependent Women" - your description), has to be done Indirectly or through their Guardian?

                                    Because that is what God says in al-nisa 25 Marry them then with their people?s leave...

                                    As for the Mohsanat, it is clear why you cannot marry them, and why you can approach directly the "Widowed" and the "Divorced" for marriage.

                                    You surely can marry the mohsanat in al-nisa 25.

                                    Sorry I don?t understand the underlined part of your sentence. Will you please explain.

                                    Does a man have to ask permission from the people of Ma Malakat Aymanakum before he unprotects (expose) his private parts on her? (warner)

                                    Certainly. If he is NOT married to her. But if he is married to her, as is indicated in 235-6 and 7029-30, it is natural that he does not have to ask for permission.

                                    Does a man have to ask permission from the people of Mohsanat before he unprotects(expose) his private parts on her?

                                    Again it depends on whether he is married with them or not.

                                    Peace,
                                    Hasan Akcay

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                                      warner
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                                      Peace Brook

                                      Can you kindly translate and define Ma Malakt Aymanakum

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                                        siki
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                                        peace warner

                                        I would like to read your idea regarding the term "Mohsinnat"

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                                          warner
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                                          Peace Siki

                                          Currently it is based on the following.

                                          My opinion is we must not look only at Mohsanat but the
                                          term which it is used in .

                                          Peace be with you

                                          I have told my self not to post on Mohsanat unless there is something new to add or question.

                                          I think one major problem in analyzing Mohasanat is we have been analyzing the word Mohsanat independently. Whereas we should analyze the following terms in which the word Mohsanat is used in different connections and contexts.

                                          1 Al Muhsanati ( 244 and 425)

                                          2 Al Muhsanatu min al Nisa ( 424 )

                                          3 Al Muhsanati al Muminati (425 )

                                          4 Al Muhsanati min al Muminati ( 55 )

                                          5 Al Muhsanatu min Allatheena utoo al kitaba (55)

                                          For instance although the word Mohsanat is used in both 424 and 425 we can see two different words Nisa and Muminati are used after Mohsanat in the terms which should give two different meanings to the 2 terms . The two different meanings should justify the very obvious contradiction.

                                          I am not forcing any theories and like to hear your opinion on this.

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