Originally Posted by Labibah

Slaves are supposed to be treated with the same amount of kindness, care, and respect that a wife is to be treated with. A wife can refuse her husband for a valid excuse, and a slave can as well.


True, we cannot have slaves. Anybody cannot just be enslaved. It happens at the time of jihad, when the Muslims win, and the khalifah decides whether the captured women will be set free or remain enslaved. There is no khalifah, therefore, it doesn't apply. Also, because slavery has been abolished in this day and age, when a khalifah will come, the chances of his alloqing of enslaving women are slim. Islam's aim was to eradicate slavery gradually, and since it has been eradicated, there is no way a khalifah would bring it back. Allahu a'lam.