and whosoever of you has not ampleness of means that he may wed free believing women let him wed such of the believing bondswomen as the right hands of you people own. and allah noweth well your belief ye are one from the other. o ye may wed them then with the leave of their owners and give them their dowers reputably as properly wedded women not as fornicateresses nor as those taking to themselves secret paramours. and when they have been wedded if they commit an indecency on them the punishment shall be a moiety of that for free wedded women. this is for him among you who dreameth perdition and that ye should abstain is better for you and allah is forgiving merciful.
ومن لم يستطع منكم طولا أن ينكح المحصنات المؤمنات فمن ما ملكت أيمانكم من فتياتكم المؤمنات والله أعلم بإيمانكم بعضكم من بعض فانكحوهن بإذن أهلهن وآتوهن أجورهن بالمعروف محصنات غير مسافحات ولا متخذات أخدان فإذا أحصن فإن أتين بفاحشة فعليهن نصف ما على المحصنات من العذاب ذلك لمن خشي العنت منكم وأن تصبروا خير لكم والله غفور رحيم