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[quote][quote]Technically speaking, Drinking has been explicitly forbidden in the Koran. I am just wondering if slavery has been explicitly forbidden as well? If wine was forbidden and as we know, the streets of Medina were flooded with wine when the command arrived, why not so with slavery? There were plenty of women for the Arabs (given the fact that they had many wives), why not ban sex slaves, just like ban on alcohol? [/quote] [font=Trebuchet MS][size=2] Assalaamu Alaikum. It seems deducable from the Qur'an, that both wine and slavery were forbidden gradually, so as to avoid reactionary impulses, as well as the incident of upsetting society in a violent way. To take both cases briefly: 1) Wine may have been gradually forbidden, bearing in mind its inebriating and addictive qualities. In the beginning, for that matter, the believers were commanded to stay away from prayers while in a state of intoxication. I see this as a gradual inculcation of values against alcoholism. 2) A very popular idea behind the gradual eradication of slavery is, as quoted by Mawlana Islahi and his pupils, is that if slave men and women were freed within the passage of a night, it would not only have increased incidences of beggary in society, but would also have promoted the existence of brothels. For a detailed essay, please see http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/mared95.html. Wasalaam. Saadia[/size=2][/font=Trebuchet MS] Edited by: saadiamalik on Sunday, November 21, 2004 12:05 PM[/quote]
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