Ma Malakat Emanakum" A Refutation to Brother Ayman;s understanding
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Peace Warner,
I am preparing a refutation for your reply to my previous post in which I clearly showed Yamin/Ayman is right hand/right hands and not oath/oaths.
Well then good luck. Given that you are arguing against simple and clear Arabic forms, you are going to need it.
I suggest you read the verses again. Also read the following example for plural and singular construction using Oath.
Medieval knights took an oath of allegiance/loyalty to their lord.
The witness placed her hand on the Bible and took the oath
The usual witness's oath is ?I swear by Almighty God that the evidence ...
The prosecution witnesses give their evidence on oath and may be cross-examined
They took an oath of allegiance to the king.
In Congress, all members take the same oath of office when they begin a new term.I guess, you couldn't find any examples in the great reading to show that "AYMAaN" is singular.
But before I post my complete refutation to your post I need to clear few things
In which period was determining the form of the individual words (morphology) was undertaken and recorded?
In which period the grammatical written work dealing formally and methodically with a subject was developed? By which grammarian or grammarians?The forms of individual words has nothing to do with Classic Arabic grammar. It is a trait of all Semitic languages. They all have three (or two) letter roots from which all word forms are derived.
Are these thousands of examples from the Quraan ?
I am sure there are thousands of examples in the Arabic language as a whole. There are many in the great reading, perhaps not "thousands" but at least "hundreds".
You can hardly open a page of the great reading without finding an example. You don't have to go far or look hard. Just turn one page from the beginning to page 3. You will see "ABSAaR" (sights) (form AF3AaL, same as "AYMAaN" in 27. Onpage 4 you see "AAThAaN" (ears) in 219 (again form AF3AaL, same as "AYMAaN".
Another example, is the word "ANSAaR" in 2270, etc. is of the form AF3AaL (same exact as "AYMAaN". Significantly, its singular "NSYR" (2107, etc.) is of the form F3YL (same exact as "YMYN".
Why quote "AFNAaN" (branches) and 3127 "AQLAaM" (pens) when our discussion is on yamin/ayman
You really don't get it, do you? Instead of wasting everyone's time arguing that Arabic morphology is a Hadithist conspiracy, you should study the forms first and then make an educated conclusion. If you studied those forms then you would have seen that they are the same exact form as "AYMAaN".
You don't have to take my word for it. Just go study the forms for yourself or ask other people such as sister Samia.
I did not find YMN(goodness) in the Quraan. Possibly I missed. Please give me few examples from the Quraan.
I did not find ?YMYN? to mean ?good? either literally or otherwise.Here is an example where it clearly means "good"
090.018
YUSUFALI Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
PICKTHAL Their place will be on the right hand.
SHAKIR These are the people of the right hand.
KHALIFA These have deserved happiness.090.019
YUSUFALI But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
PICKTHAL But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
SHAKIR And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
KHALIFA As for those who disbelieved in our revelations, they have incurred misery.In 9019 the word "mash'ama" means "badness/misery" not "left hand". However, due to the Hadith-based preconceptions about the superficial wrong meaning of "right-hand" and since 9019 is clearly in contrast to 9018, translators were forced to use the word left-hand. Only Khalifa corrected this. Yusuf Ali was decent enough to put "unhappy" in brackets because he realizes that the word "mash'ama" doesn't mean left hand.
So what you end up with in 9018-19 when you use "right-hand" and "left-hand" is meaningless nonsense. There is nothing inherently bad or good about the right hand or the left hand.
If I tell you "you are the companion of the left hand while I am the companion of the right hand", you will say "so what?"
If I tell you "you are the companion of misery/badness while I am the companion of good", now it makes sense.
Can you please point a Yamin from the Quran to mean singular OATH without quoting 3350 and 52 which we both contest for the correct meaning.
Can you please tell everyone what the singular of "AYMAaN" and "ANSAaR" is?
Shimal (Shiin-Miim-Lam) mentioned many times in the Quraan , is it for the ?bad hand? ?
Are you certain there is no word for left hand in the Quraan?I am certain that the god doesn't discriminate against lefties. So the word can have the superficial meaning of "left hand" but as I explained in my previous post, this is just one meaning out of many and it is not the primary meaning. Hence, using the left/right hand meaning in passages such as 5641, 3415, 6925, etc. would result in nonsense.
It is irrelevant here but does the Quraan say Moses had a deformity in his hand?
Yes, in 2022 one of the signs Moses brings in that his hand becomes without "SU'A" (badness). So he had a bad hand.
Oath is a promise. It is one way. Unless you mean an agreement in which case we can imagine shaking hands. So I do not find the connection you make with the good hand, shaking hands and oath appropriate. Besides we do not know whether ancient people shook hands or did the hugging or the Eskimo thing.
Try 4810.
If he stroked with his left hand then Quraan would have mentioned it or not necessary to mention which hand at all.
Striking with the right hand is similarly non-significant. On the other hand, striking with the "good/strong" hand is significant.
I did not understand this because of my poor knowledge of Arabic. Is ?aymn? is still in the "AF3AaL" plural form.
No "AYMN" is of the form "AF3L", a superlative form. To try to clarify things, I only capitalize actual Arabic letters, while vocalization is in lower case.
God willing, I will undertake take a study of the forms and the weight system after you tell me the periods and persons involved in the development of the grammatical treatises. Even after that I will still treat the quraan as the first source even for the science of grammar.
There are tens and thousands of hadeeths very common among the people we can not rely and will not accept. Do we blindly rely on these examples without qualifying from the Quran, for their proper use, because they are just very common in the language.As I said, you can hardly go a few pages in the great reading without finding an example or two of the plural form AYMAaN/AF3AaL.
As for Hadiths, I agree with you. So by the same token, you shouldn't take the Hadithist chauvinistic interpretation of "right-hand" and "prisoners/gains of war" for granted.
Peace,
Ayman
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Peace warner,
I guess you looked and couldn't find any passage asking women to guard their private parts
I would like to correct the above statement. In 2431, we hear about "women who have faith" being asked to guard their private parts.
This doesn't change that chapter 70 and 23 would be addressing men and women since the commands in them apply to both.
Peace,
Ayman
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Peace Ayman,
I have a question that I need your help with before I move on to our discussion. Without regard to the vocalization/diacritical marks, which are a later day addition, can we identify the forms to be singular or plural?
I appreciate your help with this matter.
Thanks and peace,
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Peace Ayman
Possibly you did not notice my earlier post because of the mischievousness of natu but I need your kind reply on that to go on with the discussion. My sincere query in short was,
Will the diacritics play a role in formation of word forms or word forms are independent with or without the vocalization?
Also to get a better understanding of Arabic language word Forms (you can see, I have already started following your advise) of which I so comprehensively lack ,can you please assist me by indicating the singular word of the plural form "AF3AaL" for the following examples given by you. Kindly quote the verse in which the singular word is used in the Quraan for each of the following plural in the "AF3AaL" form. Since you suggest ?Aymaan? means Oaths which is plural and singular Oath is ?Yamin? your examples will assist in comparing both forms in the Quraan.
5548 "AFNAaN (branches)
3127 "AQLAaM (pens)
27. "ABSAaR" (sights)
219 "AAThAaN" (ears)2270"ANSAaR" and "NSYR" (2107, etc.)
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Peace Warner,
Will the diacritics play a role in formation of word forms or word forms are independent with or without the vocalization?
The vocalization marks do not play any role in the formation of the word forms. The form is made up of 5 letter "AF3AL" (I had earlier added a small "a" in "AF3AaL" to indicate that the A is a long a and not a gluttol stop (Hamza)) and its singular can be "F3L" or "F3YL".
Also to get a better understanding of Arabic language word Forms (you can see, I have already started following your advise) of which I so comprehensively lack ,can you please assist me by indicating the singular word of the plural form "AF3AaL" for the following examples given by you. Kindly quote the verse in which the singular word is used in the Quraan for each of the following plural in the "AF3AaL" form. Since you suggest ?Aymaan? means Oaths which is plural and singular Oath is ?Yamin? your examples will assist in comparing both forms in the Quraan.
5548 "AFNAaN (branches)
3127 "AQLAaM (pens)
27. "ABSAaR" (sights)
219 "AAThAaN" (ears)
2270"ANSAaR" and "NSYR" (2107, etc.)The singular can be of the form F3L or F3YL.
AFNAN, AQLAM, ABSAR and AAThAN's singular is FNN, QLM, BSR, AThN of the form F3L.
ANSAR, ABRAR (2193) singular is NSYR, BRYR of the form F3YL.
Here is a trick question that I would ask in an advanced Arabic course.
Given that the plural form of AMWAT (dead things) is AF3AL, what is the form of the singular "MYT"?
The answer is a little tricky. The root of AMWAT and MYT is "MWT". So where did the "Y" come from?
If the singular was of the form "F3L" then it would have been "MWT". The singular form is actually "F3YL" so it should have been "MWYT" but because the "W" and "Y" cannot follow each other like this in Arabic, the "W" is assimilated and the word we end up with is "MYT" but the form remains as "F3YL".
Peace,
Ayman
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Peace
I need your opinion on the following.
AMN ~ Alif-Meem-Nun = become/feel safe/secure, state of security/safety, trust, become quiet/tranquil in heart/mind, promise/assurance of security/safety, become trustful/faithful/confident, to believe/acknowledge it
Lane's Lexicon, Volume 1, pages 137, 138, 139, 140
(I have only included the core meanings and also not included the verses since they too numerous)
YMN ~ Ya-Miim-Nun = right side, right, right hand, oath.
ayman n.m. 1952, 2080, 2830
maymanah n.f. 568, 568, 9018
yamin n.f. (pl. ayman) 2224, 2225, 377, 43, 424, 425, 433, 436, 553, 589, 589, 589, 589, 5108, 5108, 6109, 717, 912, 912, 913, 1638, 1648, 1671, 1691, 1692, 1694, 1771, 1817, 1818, 2017, 2069, 236, 2431, 2433, 2453, 2458, 2948, 3028, 3350, 3350, 3352, 3355, 3415, 3542, 3728, 3793, 3967, 5017, 5627, 5627, 5638, 5690, 5691, 5712, 5816, 632, 662, 668, 6839, 6919, 6945, 7030, 7037, 7439, 847
Lane's Lexicon, Volume 8, page 318
Belief amanu , aminu
Believers amanu, muminuna , yu'minu
Faith/belief ayman
Trust amanu , amana
Peace/ Security amanu, amin
Oath ayman
Right hand yamiin
Right hands/side aymanThe above words are normally segregated in to the 2 roots YMN and AMN which I have shown above. I think all the above words should be from the same root AMN since all share the same letters and root meaning.
Maybe there is no major problem in segregating in to 2 different roots but still due to this some meanings are lost and also some meanings are forced in.
The word ayman is repeated many times in the Quraan to mean oath and the same word (ayman/imaan) is used for belief /faith on many other places in the Quraan. Oath is a promise; an affirmation; something you are certain about.Based on that I think the common translation we use for ayman/imaan should be affirm/affirmation instead of believe/belief. I have seen much debate on the meaning of belief. Does God require us just to believe or believe with certainty? As a substitute of the core principle, which is the affirmation/ayman people have brought in another kind of affirmation which is the shahada.
Placing ayman meaning oath in the root YMN to which the word yamin(right hand) Ayman( right hands/side) belongs to (incorrectly, in my opinion) has confused its meaning . The meanings oath or right hand has no succession in YMN whereas in AMN they are a part of the root meaning.
Yamiin meaning right hand should belong to root AMN instead of YMN. The right hand is the hand of security and protection and the hand of trust. It gives you security since you earn from it which is security from hunger and defends and protects you from dangers. In antiquity a person who was not a right hander was not considered a left hander but was considered a weak person since his use of right hand was limited ( it may be possible the persons left hand may be more dexterous than comparative right handed person ) as if something was wrong. The word for right hand yamin/ayman comes from these meanings of security/trust.
Even in the Semitic roots all these meanings come under one root as you can see below.
From Strong's Hebrew Dictionary
539
'aman aw-man'
a primitive root; properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (Isa. 3021; interchangeable with ''aman' (541)) to go to the right hand--hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
540
'aman am-an'
(Aramaic) corresponding to ''aman' (539)--believe, faithful, sure.
541
'aman aw-man'
denominative from 'yamiyn' (3225); to take the right hand road--turn to the right. See ''aman' (539).
542
'aman aw-mawn'
from ''aman' (539) (in the sense of training); an expert--cunning workman.
543
'amen aw-mane'
from ''aman' (539); sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly--Amen, so be it, truth.
544
'omen oh-men'
from ''aman' (539); verity--truth
548
'amanah am-aw-naw'
feminine of ''amen' (543); something fixed, i.e. a covenant. an allowance--certain portion, sure.
3225
yamiyn yaw-meen'
from 'yaman' (3231); the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south--+ left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
3227
ymiyniy yem-ee-nee'
for 'yamiyn' (3225); right--(on the) right (hand).
3231
yaman yaw-man'
a primitive root; to be (physically) right (i.e. firm); but used only as denominative from 'yamiyn' (3225) and transitive, to be right-handed or take the right-hand side--go (turn) to (on, use) the right hand.
3232
Yimnah yim-naw'
from 'yaman' (3231); prosperity (as betokened by the right hand);
3233
ymaniy yem-aw-nee'
from 'yaman' (3231); right (i.e. at the right hand) -(on the) right (hand).
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Peace be upon you Warner,
I dont know if you are correct or not, but I like the direction you are going and you have given me something new to think about.
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Peace Ayman
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Yusuf Ali "And this is the favor with which thou dost reproach me that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel"
Transliteration Wa tilka nimatun tamun nuha_ alay ya an ab bad ta bani isra_il
I came across this verse which I thought you might have missed and could be important in the definition of slave/abad.
Peace.
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Salaam alaikum.
Peace be on you
4 19 Yusuf Ali O ye who believe! ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor should ye treat them with harshness that ye may take away part of the dower ye have given them except where they have been guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If ye take a dislike to them it may be that ye dislike a thing and Allah brings about through it a great deal of good.
One of the main differences between modern and ancient wars and conflicts is there were no rules of war back then. Islam brought some rules to war situations as we can see in the Quran.
In 1860s Swiss businessman Henry Dunants efforts initiated a movement which started today?s Red Cross and Red Crescent (ICRC). Most of today?s humanitarian laws and relief efforts connected to conflicts are related to this organization. Modern wars are watched and monitored by outside nations, media and organizations. Even with certain discrepancies and discriminations wars and conflicts are governed by Geneva conventions, Hague conventions etc. There are international rules for Prisoners of War and international pressure against war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, ethnic cleansing, etc.
Nuremberg principles and related war crime tribunals and criminal action against atrocities have been governing wars after the world witnessed the suffering of the civil population during the WW1 and prompted humanitarian relief efforts such as organization for refugees etc.
Even with all this efforts still there are crimes committed on the civilian population even in the recent past such as The Rape of Nan king, The Armenian Genocide, My Lai massacre and the modern day Bangladesh War and Bosnian war etc. Although the efforts are not perfect there is a probability that some one responsible may be convicted for crimes against civilians in a modern conflict whereas in ancient wars such things were not heard of even if the entire civilian population is wiped off and worst atrocities are committed.
In ancient wars it was a case of victor against the vanquished. After the victory almost all men are tortured and put to death or used as slaves in pitiful conditions and the women, some killed others sold as slaves or for prostitution. Cities burned, buildings pulled down wealth plundered women and children raped and killed or sold or used as slaves. It was a case of total brutal destruction
Once a cities defenses fall the helpless and the weak and the old have a choice to runaway in to the wilderness to die of hunger and thirst or to fall prey to other predators or be captured or killed.
The wars conducted by the Messenger of Allah were different. They were to avert the aggression of an enemy and also the war was against the combatants and not the women and children and the weak. But when retaliating in war Quraan instructs to retaliate fiercely against the enemy and drive them out. Once the enemy is defeated and a city or a town falls the women and children are left without provision or protection. Since men are gone trade will stop, agriculture, livestock will be neglected or destroyed, and other means of income and provisions will dwindle; the weak can even die of hunger. Sometimes siege of a city might last for months stocks will diminish and all resources and supply lines will be cut off. Priorities change during war and most of the resources go to meet the war efforts and the needs of the combatants and not needs of the women and children.
When a city falls men are either killed or run away and the women and children remain unprotected. Few men may surrender or will be captured but we are not dealing with that here since war captives are addressed separately in the Quran. If you leave the city intact and march off the enemy can easily regroup use the wealth and resources of the city build the city?s defenses and start all over again .You can not leave the enemies? possessions, wealth and resources and his ties intact it will give him reason and also assist him to start the aggression once more. At the same time you can not leave the women and children in a defenseless city without men since they will be sitting prey for human predators such as bandits or slave traders etc.
The Holy war is to teach a lesson and to send a strong message that although there is no compulsion in Islam and that there is no permission to fight unless under aggression but that the response will be fierce if some one chose to attack first. To serve as a message and drive fear to others who will want to start wars against the prophet and his followers. Also note that Islam leaves room for negotiations, peace initiatives, alliances and treatises.
As I explained above as an aftermath of any war arises a strategic and a humanitarian dilemma. I believe as a solution to this crisis, once the city?s wealth is divided among the fighters, the women and children are assigned to guardians under an oath to protect them look after them and keep them in their houses.(2431) These are addressed as MMA in the Quraan. They live with the person assigned in that person?s house. He or she has to provide for the MMA and give them security. You can not compel the MMA to change their religion and the Quraan identifies the believing among the MMA separately.(425) There is no compulsion for them to convert even though they are disbelievers. But maybe witnessing the good and just conduct and kindness of Muslims by living in their houses and learning their beliefs and practices they may chose to convert.
I believe they can not be from the People of the book since they are identified separately from people of the book. A believer can marry a woman from the People of the book becoming a believer but for MMA becoming a believer is a pre-requisite for marriage with a believer.(425)
They have rights (2433) and the Quraan instructs to give charity and be good (436) to them but it seems they will not get equal status (1671, 302 immediately, maybe till they legally marry a believer and bear children.
They are not definitely slaves but they are part of the house hold (2431). See how they have been addressed with the closest of the house hold in the Quraan.
They can not be seen as war captives, POWs or sex slaves they are a set of people rising out of war because of a strategic and a humanitarian issue. Meanwhile it provides the opportunity to promote Islam among the women and children among the disbelievers since women and children would not have had the opportunity to grasp the early message of Islam but influenced by the beliefs of their men. Once when they are brought in to the fold and treated with kindness they might start to believe. At the same time since they may convert due to advantages they are not treated at the equal level (1671, 302 possibly until they marry and bear children.
A MMA can be a previously married woman whose husbands? whereabouts may not be known after the battle; he maybe killed or run away. If her original husband is living she is technically still married to him since no divorce has taken place. So with a MMA it is not necessary requirement whether she is still technically married to someone else. (424) It is not easy to trace people in ancient times when they are MIA.
A person who takes over a MMA may be allowed to have sex with her without compulsion and force and with her consent. (419, 2433) Since the verses above or any verse in the Quran does not promote casual sex and even MMA is governed by rules (2433) where she has to stay faithful to the person she is assigned to/guardian . If they are sex slaves there should be no reason for them to seek permission before entering a room at times of undress. (245
Even if MMA is to get married to someone else it has to be with the permission of the person/guardian who MMA has been assigned to (425). When we read the Quraan we can see clearly Islam promotes decency and forbids shameful acts and mischief. And cannot victimize someone for a crime they may not be directly or fully responsible. If someone has sex with another without the consent it is rape and Islam does not permit that. At the same time the punishment is half (425) if a MMA commit zina in line with their fragile status and beliefs. Also the verses suggest it is easier to get married to MMA since the payment of dowers maybe less than to a free believing woman. (425)
The Quraan could have easily used the word war captives, prisoners of war or even slaves (or as some like it, Sex slaves) but they are described as "your right hand posses or under oath?, with reason. I believe that shows that they are not any of the above but a special set of people on whom Allah assigns a special set of rules which protects them and at the same time controls them.
According to my opinion I doubt whether many holy wars were fought 25-30 years after the Messenger. The corrupted thinking, fabrication and greed for power, wealth and territory led to many wars and the distortion of the term Ma Malakat Aymanakum as war captives or slaves lead to capture , imprisonment , rape and led to harems with many women, common among the later rulers.
But judging by the difficulty of understanding the term and the term itself shows it is not something applicable out side the holy wars and not in future conflicts.
Warner, this is very enlightening.
One thing
As I explained above as an aftermath of any war arises a strategic and a humanitarian dilemma. I believe as a solution to this crisis, once the city?s wealth is divided among the fighters, the women and children are assigned to guardians under an oath to protect them look after them and keep them in their houses.(2431) These are addressed as MMA in the Quraan. They live with the person assigned in that person?s house. He or she has to provide for the MMA and give them security...
To me it appears that the only valid reason for allowing sexual relations with the 'milk yameen'(MY) comes from 66/10. When mominaat abandon the kafireen for the momineen, the momineen are to compensate the kafireen for what they have spent on these women. Thus these women are inherited, out of their own will, by the momineen. IMHO, this is how they become 'milk al-yameen' or 'rightly owned/controlled'. What do you think?
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salam siki. stand your ground. you are rightly guided and on correct authority from allah.
the term ma malkat aymanakum does in fact mean those whom you possess as a matter of right. the implication is clear, men are permitted to possess women as a matter of right.
regardless of the pagan inspired opinions, muslims are to stand their ground against these attacks. muslims take their instructions from allah. non muslims parrot pagan philosophies.
allah is the truth.
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Fata or Fatayat
The quranic meaning seems to be young man/woman obvious from the normal use of the word in many verses including this one. 2160 Qa_lu_ samina fatay yazkuru hum yuqa_lu lahu_ ibra_him
What troubles me is not fataya itself. It is the possessive use ?YOUR young man?, ?HER young man?, ?Azzizs Wife?s young man?, ?young man of Moses?. How can someone be YOURS without a relationship or ownership of any sort? I am still perturbed about this possessive use of the word only.
Maybe the possessive use is because fata/fatayat are bought. Look at 12/20-21. Yousef was sold to al-aziz, and in 12/30 he is referred to as fata OF al-aziz's wife.
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Maybe the possessive use is because fata/fatayat are bought. Look at 12/20-21. Yousef was sold to al-aziz, and in 12/30 he is referred to as fata OF al-aziz's wife.
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"Wed them with the permission of their family/people (ahl)". If they were bought, Does their family have any say in what happens to her? If the family does not permit, will he get a refund?
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"Wed them with the permission of their family/people (ahl)". If they were bought, Does their family have any say in what happens to her? If the family does not permit, will he get a refund?
Ahl, i believe, is referring to the custodians of the milk al-yameen. Yes, the ahl have a say in what happens to her. Warner already mentioned
Even if MMA is to get married to someone else it has to be with the permission of the person/guardian who MMA has been assigned to (425).
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salam siki. stand your ground. you are rightly guided and on correct authority from allah.
the term ma malkat aymanakum does in fact mean those whom you possess as a matter of right. the implication is clear, men are permitted to possess women as a matter of right.
regardless of the pagan inspired opinions, muslims are to stand their ground against these attacks. muslims take their instructions from allah. non muslims parrot pagan philosophies.
allah is the truth.
But the verse also says
Also (prohibited are) women already married, except those whom your right hands possess Thus hath God ordained against you Except for these, all others are lawful, provided ye seek with gifts from your property,- desiring chastity, not lust, seeing that ye derive benefit from them, give them their dowers as prescribed; but if, after a dower is prescribed, agree Mutually (to vary it), there is no blame on you, and God is All-knowing, All-wise. 4.24
If any of you have not the means wherewith to wed free believing women, they may wed believing girls from among those whom your right hands possess And God hath full knowledge about your faith. Ye are one from another Wed them with the leave of their family, and give them their dowers, according to what is reasonable They should be chaste, not lustful, nor taking paramours when they are taken in wedlock, if they fall into shame, their punishment is half that for free women. This (permission) is for those among you who fear sin; but it is better for you that ye practise self-restraint. And God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful 4.25
So MMA can not be prisoners or slaves since in both cases their families are not known or involved. Sunnis interpret families as owners, yet the Koran does not say wed the MMA of others but of yours. Who would a slave owner seek permission of if he wanted to marry his own slave? And who would he seek permission of if he acquired a female as a booty? MMA is not slaves or prisoners. I still think it is katb al kitab. Since there is an oath involved but socially they are not considered married but technically they are.
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The verse really says
Also (prohibited are) women already married, except to their husbands Thus hath God ordained against you Except for these, all others are lawful, provided ye seek with gifts from your property,- desiring chastity, not lust, seeing that ye derive benefit from them, give them their dowers as prescribed; but if, after a dower is prescribed, agree Mutually (to vary it), there is no blame on you, and God is All-knowing, All-wise. 4.24
If any of you have not the (physiological) means (gender) wherewith to wed believing women, they may take in marriage a husband And God hath full knowledge about your faith. Ye are one from another Wed them with the leave of their family, and give them their dowers, according to what is reasonable They should be chaste, not lustful, nor taking paramours when they are taken in wedlock, if they fall into shame, their punishment is half that for women. This (permission) is for those among you who fear sin; but it is better for you that ye practise self-restraint. And God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful 4.25
It's the pagans who believed men owned women, the Quran says men and women are equal, all as each other - 3195