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[quote][quote]Assalaamu 'Alaikum everyone.
[b]Coming back to the topic[/b], I would like to ask a question regarding verse 31 of Surah Noor. It says, "...they should not display their beauty except to...the slaves whom their right hands possess...". When this verse was revealed, what were the circumstances regarding slaves? I'm currently trying to explain this verse to a 14-year-old. When I reach the part "slaves whom their right hands possess", this girl is definitely gonna get confused as to why Allah allowed women to not wear Hijaab in front of their slaves. Can anyone tell me as to why slaves were considered mahrams at that time?
I need the answer quick.[/quote]

Lets look logically at the verse: -

24 : 31 (NB)

And say to the believing women that they 
1.	cast down their looks
2.	and guard your chastity
3.	and do not display their ornaments except what appears thereof
4.	and let them wear their head-coverings over their bosoms
5.	and not display their ornaments 
except to 
•	their husbands
•	or their fathers, 
•	or the fathers of their husbands, 
•	or their sons and daughters, 
•	or the sons and daughters of their husbands,
•	or their brothers,
•	or their brothers' sons and daughters, 
•	or their sisters' sons and daughters, 
•	or their women, 
•	or MMA, 
•	or the male servants not having need (of women), 
•	or the children who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women;

and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may be known (breasts etc…); and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! so that you may be successful.

Note “or the male servants not having need (of women)” which comes just after “or MMA,”  showing that MMA cannot here refer to “male slaves” as the two phrases would then contradict, it instead would logically either refer to a young girl/boy under her care or a woman under the responsibility of the lady in question.  I would go for the former at this point from the context here and elsewhere.

The phrase MMA is potentially quite a rich one in meaning which would be defined by contextual analysis of a text.

This will have to do for now until I can give it more time.

salaam[/quote]

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