A man who owns a slave woman and her daughter and wishes to have intercourse with one of them

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: If a man owns both a slave-girl and her daughter, what is the ruling for him? Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I do not like that he should have intercourse with both of them.

Qays bin Abi Hazim said: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): What if a man has intercourse with a slave-girl and her daughter who are both in his ownership? He said: One verse has made them both forbidden and another has made them lawful. As for me, I would never do it.

Abdullah bin Niyar al-Aslami said: I had a slave-girl with whom I used to have intercourse, and with her was a daughter of hers. When her daughter grew up, I thought of leaving this slave-girl and having intercourse with her daughter. I said to myself that I would never do so without asking Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him). So I asked him, and he said: As for me, I would never have relations with both of them.

Mu'adh bin Abdullah bin Ma'mar asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): I have a slave-girl with whom I have had relations. She has a daughter who has grown up; may I have intercourse with her too? Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) forbade him. I said to her: Is she forbidden to me? If you say that she is forbidden, I will not do it. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: No one from my family or from those who obey me has done this.

(Mu'adh said:) And I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he also forbade me from it.

Amir (al-Sha'bi) said: A man from Hamdan had a slave-girl and her daughter, and he used to have intercourse with both of them. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was informed of this. He asked the man about it, and he admitted doing so. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: One verse has made it lawful for you and another has made it forbidden for you; the stronger of the two is the verse of prohibition.

Ibn Munabbih said: In the Torah revealed to Musa (peace be upon him) it was written: "Whoever uncovers the private parts of a woman and her daughter is accursed." It did not specify whether she was a free woman or a slave-girl.

Abu Nadrah said: Once a man came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: I have a slave-girl and her daughter, and I wish to have intercourse with both of them; is it right to do so? Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: One verse has made it lawful and one has made it forbidden. As for me, I would not even go near this act.

Sa'id said: It is not permissible for a man to combine a woman with her daughter or with her sister.