Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Can you marry a married man or woman?

Can you marry a married man or woman?

4:24 And those women who are married except whom you rightfully possess. The decree of Allah upon you. And lawful to you are beyond these, that you seek them with your wealth desiring chastity, not lust. So for whatever you benefit from them, give them their bridal due as an obligation. And there is no sin on you concerning what you mutually agree to, beyond the obligation. Indeed, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

(Verse 4:24 mentions those women who are prohibited to marry: “those women who are married except whom you rightfully possess”; so, you can marry those whom your right hands possess, even if they are already married. Verse 4:24 is explained in Verse 60:10, those believing women who are married to disbelievers, the believing women are not lawful for them, nor are they lawful for the believing women. So, you can “marry” the unmarried one, and you can also “marry” the married one if her current husband is a disbeliever, and she is a believer. So, the previous marriage is nullified in Islam, because of her husband’s disbelief)(It is interpreted that those “women” who are prohibited in Verse 4:24 are believers, married to believers, while “whom you rightfully possess” might be married to disbelievers, so they might have been taken from disbelieving people, or they emigrated from disbelieving people to believing people (4:100, 8:72))(Notice that Verse 4:24 does not exclude what you rightfully possess from marriage in order to have relations (this is confirmed by Verse 24:32). So, whether she was already married to another man or not, you have to “marry” anyhow, lest you commit adultery / fornication (25:68). Verse 60:10 also says “there is no blame upon you if you marry them”. So, Verses 60:10 and 4:24 do not exclude them from marriage, nor says that marrying them is not good or optional, but “there is no blame” implies that despite they are already married, there is no blame, because they are married to disbelieving people. So, you have to marry anyhow)(Allah knows best)

60:10 O you who believe, when the believing women come to you as emigrants, then examine them. Allah is most knowing of their faith. And if you know them to be believers, then do not return them to the disbelievers. They are not lawful for them, nor are they lawful for them. But give them what they have spent. And there is no blame upon you if you marry them when you have given them their (bridal) dues. And do not hold to marriage bonds with disbelieving women, but ask for what you have spent, and let them ask for what they have spent. That is the Judgment of Allah. He judges between you. And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

(The Verse may implicitly say that you can return the disbelieving women to the disbelievers. So, it could also be interpreted that there is no any reason to retain them with you (e.g. there is no any sexual purpose towards them), so you can release them, because there is no sexual slavery in Islam. So, you can marry the married one if her current husband is a disbeliever, but you cannot marry her if she is a disbeliever or she is already married to a believer. You can marry believing women, if they want)(Verse 60:10 mentions “there is no blame upon you if you marry them”. This sentence does not mean that “marriage is something bad, but you are not blamed if you do it”, but, according to the context, it means that there is no blame if you marry the married one, because if the believing woman was currently married to a disbelieving man, her marriage with a disbelieving man is nullified in Islam)(Allah knows best)

24:33 And let those who do not find marriage be chaste/refrain until Allah enriches them of His Bounty. And those who seek (yabtaghuna) the writing from among whom your right hands possess, give them the writing if you know any good in them, and give them from the wealth of Allah, which He has given you. And do not compel your slave girls to prostitution (l-bighai), if they desire (aradna) chastity, to seek temporary gain of the life of the world. And whoever compels them, then indeed, Allah is, after their compulsion, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

(Verse 24:33 confirms that you have to marry in order to have relations (“those who seek the writing from among whom your right hands possess”); and you cannot marry them if they do not want to marry you)(Forced marriages are also forbidden in this sentence: “do not compel your slave girls to prostitution, if they desire chastity” (24:33), because the root of both “bighai / yabtaghu” (prostitution / seek) is “Ba-Ghayn-Ya”, and it means “sought for or after, desired, endeavored to find and take and get (good or evil), unchaste, loving or affecting a thing, seeking what one should not seek, etc.”. So, according to the context of the Verse, you cannot compel them in regard to seeking / desiring a husband, if they want to remain chaste. This interpretation is confirmed within the same Verse, which uses the same root word in a previous sentence “those who seek (Ba-Ghayn-Ya) the writing from among whom your right hands possess”. So, compelling them to “get married” if she desires to be chaste is called “prostitution”. Prostitution / fornication / adultery are forbidden in Islam anyhow, so the context of the Verse is always about marrying)(The root of “arad” is “Ra-Waw-Dal”, and it means”to seek, search, desire, etc.”)(Allah knows best)

4:19 O you who believe, it is not lawful for you to inherit women by force. And do not constraint them in order to take part of what you have given them unless they commit a clear immorality. And live with them in kindness. For if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing and Allah has placed much good in it.

24:32 And marry the single among you and the righteous among your male slaves, and your female slaves. If they are poor, Allah will enrich them from His Bounty. And Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing.

(“Marry” is explicitly mentioned in regard to slaves)(Allah knows best)

2:221 And do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a believing bondwoman is better than a polytheistic woman, even if she pleases you. And do not give in marriage to polytheistic men until they believe, and a believing bondman is better than a polytheistic man, even if he pleases you. They invite to the Fire, and Allah invites to Paradise and forgiveness by His permission. And He makes clear His Verses for people so that they may take heed.

24:3 The fornicator (will) not marry except a fornicatress, or a polytheist woman, and the fornicatress - (will) not marry except a fornicator or a polytheist man. And that is forbidden to the believers.

See also: Can a Muslim man or woman marry a Non-Muslim?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/03/can-muslim-man-or-woman-marry-non-muslim.html

See also: Can a Muslim marry a woman motivated solely by her beauty?

http://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/07/can-muslim-marry-woman-motivated-solely.html

See also: Does Islam support pedophilia or child marriages? Did Prophet Muhammad marry a 6 year old?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2017/04/does-islam-support-pedophilia-or-child.html

See also: Is polygamy okay?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2017/06/is-polygamy-okay.html

See also: Is it allowed in Islam to have relations with maids/slaves without marrying? Is adultery permitted? Are sex slaves allowed in Islam?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/04/is-it-allowed-in-islam-to-have.html

See also: Is slavery allowed in Judaism and Christianity? Are sex slaves allowed in Judaism and Christianity?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/09/which-are-mosques-that-are-explicitly.html

See also: What's morally acceptable? Who defines right and wrong? What is immorality?

http://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/06/whats-morally-acceptable-who-defines.html

See also: Can you commit incest?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2017/06/can-you-commit-incest.html

See also: Is rape allowed?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2017/10/is-rape-allowed.html

See also: Is masturbation allowed?

http://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/02/is-masturbation-allowed.html

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