Sanctified Abuse

Child Brides, Half-Testimony, and Legalized Slavery in Islamic Law

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Introduction: When “Sacred” Justifies the Unthinkable

What do you call a system that says:

• A girl can be married and sexually used before puberty

• A woman’s word is worth half a man’s

• A slave girl can be raped without sin

In classical Islam, it’s not abuse. It’s law.
Not injustice. But “divine order.”

This post isn’t about fringe views. It’s about what’s written, taught, and codified—in the very books Muslims are told to revere.

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1. Child Marriage – Consent Replaced by Age of Menstruation

🔥 Qur’an 65:4:

“And those who have not menstruated [yet], their ‘iddah is three months.”

This verse defines the waiting period (iddah) after divorce—including prepubescent girls. It acknowledges child marriage—not to condemn it, but to regulate it.

Sahih Bukhari 5133:

“The Prophet married Aisha when she was six years old and consummated the marriage when she was nine.”

• Not weak

• Not fringe

• Repeated in multiple sahih hadiths

Fiqh Consensus:

• All four madhhabs permit marriage to prepubescent girls

• Some argue consummation is delayed until “capable”—but capability = physical ability, not mental maturity or consent

Reality:

• In Pakistan, Yemen, and parts of Africa, child marriage is defended using this exact jurisprudence

• Clerics have explicitly quoted Qur’an 65:4 and Aisha’s age as justification

This isn’t cultural distortion. This is scripturally sanctioned abuse.

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2. Half-Testimony – When Woman = 0.5 Human in Court

Qur’an 2:282:

“And bring to witness two men... Or one man and two women, so that if one of the women errs, the other can remind her.”

This is the foundation of legal inequality. The Quran says it. The tafsirs defend it. The madhhabs codify it.

The Logic:

• Women are more “forgetful”

• Emotionally unstable

• Prone to error under pressure

Legal Reality:

• In Sharia courts, a woman’s testimony is only accepted in specific cases and often requires a male co-witness

• In some situations (e.g., hudud punishments), her testimony isn’t accepted at all

Conclusion: Islam doesn’t see women as full legal beings.
They are half-persons before the law.

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3. Sexual Slavery – Rape Rebranded as Ownership

Qur’an 4:24:

“[Forbidden to you are] married women—except those your right hands possess...”

That exception? It means you can have sex with a married slave woman—because she’s your property.

Sahih Muslim 3432:

“It is lawful to have sexual relations with female captives, even if they are married.”

Tafsir al-Jalalayn on 4:24:

“If they are taken as captives, their marriage is annulled.”

Reliance of the Traveller:

• A man may have sexual relations with his slave girl

• No need for marriage

• No possibility of refusal

• No punishment for rape

Reality:

• Classical scholars (e.g., Ibn Qudamah, al-Shafi‘i, al-Nawawi) all affirm this

• ISIS, Boko Haram, and others did not invent sex slavery—they revived it using classical jurisprudence

This isn’t misinterpretation. This is orthodoxy.

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Conclusion: The Foundation of “Divine” Injustice

Islamic law says:

• A girl’s body can be used before she becomes a woman

• A woman’s word is half-valued

• A slave’s consent is irrelevant

And millions are told this is God’s justice.

If these laws came from man, they’d be called tyranny.
But because they’re said to come from God, they’re called sacred.

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Final Word:

There is no wisdom in wounding children.
There is no justice in reducing women.
There is no holiness in taking slaves.

These aren’t misunderstandings. They are the core of classical Islam.
And they must be exposed for what they are: codified dehumanization disguised as divine will.