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Marriage with Slave Girls

alkafi-9953Vol. 5, p. 463

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع هَلْ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَتَمَتَّعَ مِنَ الْمَمْلُوكَةِ بِإِذْنِ أَهْلِهَا وَ لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ حُرَّةٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِذَا رَضِيَتِ الْحُرَّةُ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ أَذِنَتِ الْحُرَّةُ يَتَمَتَّعُ مِنْهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ. وَ رُوِيَ أَيْضاً أَنَّهُ لَا يَجُوزُ أَنْ يُتَمَتَّعَ بِالْأَمَةِ عَلَى الْحُرَّةِ[4].

“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), ‘A man has a free wife; if he can marry a slave-girl in the manner of al-Mut‘ah (advantageous marriage) by the permission of her master.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, he can do so.’ It also is narrated that marriage of a slave-girl in the manner of al-Mut‘ah (advantageous marriage) when

alkafi-9954Vol. 5, p. 464

لَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يَتَمَتَّعَ الرَّجُلُ بِأَمَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ[1] فَأَمَّا أَمَةُ الرَّجُلِ فَلَا يَتَمَتَّعْ بِهَا إِلَّا بِأَمْرِهِ.

‘It is not unlawful for one to marry in the manner of al- Mut‘ah (advantageous marriage) the slave-girl of a woman but if the master is a man then al-Mut‘ah (advantageous marriage) with her is not permissible without the permission of her master.’”