Cleric: A Woman Must Not Have Sex with Her Slave; She Can Marry Him, Turning Him into Her Master

Palestinian-Jordanian cleric Sheikh Mashhoor bin Hasan Al-Salman was asked during a fatwa show he posted on the Internet on June 7 whether a woman can have sex with her slave. He answered in the negative, adding that a woman may marry her slave, but then he becomes a free man and her master.

Mashhoor bin Hassan Aal Salman: "Is a woman allowed to have sex with her slave? Dear God... A woman cannot have sex with her slave. A woman, by nature... Even in the Hereafter, it is not in her nature to be had by one man after the other. When men take turns with a woman, it is humiliating and degrading for her. A man gets 70 virgins (in Paradise), but what does a woman get? One young man. The Prophet Muhammad said: 'The dwellers of Paradise have clothing that never wears out, youth that never wanes, and a penis that never bends.' The woman gets a man of full virility, with a penis that never bends. So she can have sex with this strong man, but she cannot have multiple men taking turns with her. So a woman is not allowed to have sex with her slave, but she can marry him. If she has no husband and wants to marry her slave, she can. As soon as they are married, he becomes a free man and her master."