Mā malakat ʾaymānukum (مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ )

Except what your right hands possess, e.g.,

وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ ۖ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ وَأُحِلَّ لَكُمْ مَا وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكُمْ أَنْ تَبْتَغُوا بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ مُحْصِنِينَ غَيْرَ مُسَافِحِينَ ۚ فَمَا اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِهِ مِنْهُنَّ فَآتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً ۚ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا تَرَاضَيْتُمْ بِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْفَرِيضَةِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا {24}

And (Prohibited are) the married ones from the women except what your right hands possess, being an Ordinance of Allah upon you all; and Permissible to you are what is behind that, of you are seeking with your wealth, for marriage not for fornication. So whatever (Women) you enjoy with, give them their Obligatory recompense, and there is no blame upon you regarding what you make them agreeable with after the Obligatory (dower); surely Allah was always most-Knowing, Wise [4:24]

شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ فِي‏ الْمُحْصَناتُ مِنَ النِّساءِ إِلَّا ما مَلَكَتْ أَيْمانُكُمْ‏ قَالَ هُنَّ ذَوَاتُ الْأَزْوَاجِ

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Abu Baseer,

From Abu Abdullah-asws regarding And (Prohibited are) the married ones from the women except what your right hands possess [4:24]. He-asws said: ‘These are ones with the husbands’.[1]

وَ قَالَ وَ أَحَلَّ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ

And he-asws said: ‘And permissible is what your right hands possess (slave girls)’.[2]


[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 100 – The Book of Contracts and Declarations – CH 76 H 4

[2] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 100 – The Book of Contracts and Declarations – CH 81 H 9

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