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What is the wisdom behind urging against marrying bondwomen and preferring patience over it, even though Islam honored "slaves" and reduced slavery, and these women need protection and chastity?

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It is not permissible for a free man to marry a slave woman except when fearing falling into sin (haram) and not having the dowry for a free woman. The wisdom behind this is to prevent his children from becoming enslaved, as indicated by the noble verse: "And whoever among you cannot afford to marry free, believing women, then [he may marry] from among those whom your right hands possess of believing slave girls." (Quran 4:25) And it is better to be patient and abstain from such a marriage.

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