"The object, in the purchase of a female slave, is cohabitation and generation of children."

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Islam and womenSexual violenceIslamic lawIslam and slaveryIslam and sexuality
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The Hidayah (an important Muslim law book), translated by C. Hamilton, Vol. II, p. 409. (Also quoted in Lal, K. S. (1994). Muslim slave system in medieval India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Ch. 11)