THIRD REMINDER. Sunday. WHAT WERE the RIGHTS of SLAVE GIRLS DURING slave TIMES? BismilLah The status of a slave girl was same to that of wife. The children were exactly like the other children from the person’s legally wedded wife. They were to be given exactly the same rights as his other children. The children of the slave girl would inherit the property exactly as the other children. There was absolutely no difference amongst the children. And once any slave girl bore a child, she could not be sold to anybody else and thus became a permanent member of the household.  Then you will probably ask how is this any different from the modern days concept of a mistress/prostitution/adultery?  There is a huge difference between the slave girls of those times and the system of prostitution which is so prevalent as a disease in today’s society.  The slave girl was a social issue of the times, which if not solved by Islam would give rise to adultery and prostitution. In prostitution, the woman sells here services for a fee to anyone who is willing to pay. The slave girl was taken into a household as a full member. The difference is the fact that a man didn't need the slave girls parents permission to marry her bcs she is a prisoner of war or been sold. In prostitution, the woman has sexual relationships with many men. The slave girl would have sexual relations only with the person she was given to; very similar to the husband-wife relationship, the only difference being that the wife came into the house through a marriage contract and with parental permission, and the slave girl was married to her owner without parental approval. Prostitution is a result of illegal lust, and is a huge sin in the eyes of Allah.  The allocation of slave girls was a issue of the times to envelope the woman taken as slaves in a war into the Islamic society. Prostitution and adultery do not have any responsibility attached to it. The man- woman have a one-off relationship and depart. The slave girls were a responsibility of the person, who spent on them, gave them a place to live, fed them, clothed them, and raised their children as his children. AlhamdulilLah for HIS guidance. May Allah keep guiding us all and be pleased with us all. Aameen.