likewise they did not see any harm in a woman moving to several husbands and nothing could remove her from that except death as long as the men wanted her. today they hate this and find it acceptable in some cases and they reject a free woman if she has been married to one husband and they impose shame on whoever proposes to her and blame him and they taunt her for that and they take advantage of the female slave who has been traded by countless number of clients. so who approves of this in female slaves and disapproves of it in free women! why were they not jealous of female slaves who are the mothers of children and the concubines of kings and jealous of free women? do you not see that if jealousy exceeds what allah has forbidden it is false and that it is more infatuated with women due to their weakness to the point that they become jealous based on suspicion and dreams in their sleep. a woman is jealous of her father and is hostile to his wife and concubine.
وكذلك كانوا لا يرون بأسا أن تنتقل المرأة إلى عدة أزواج لا ينقلها عن ذلك إلا الموت ما دام الرجال يريدونها. وهم اليوم يكرهون هذا ويستسمجونه في بعض، ويعافون المرأة الحرة إذا كانت قد نكحت زوجا واحدا، ويلزمون من خطبها العار ويلحقون به اللوم، ويعيرونها بذلك، ويتحظون الأمة وقد تداولها من لا يحصى عدده من الموالي. فمن حسن هذا في الإماء وقبحه في الحرائر! ولم لم يغاروا في الإماء وهن أمهات الأولاد وحظايا الملوك، وغاروا على الحرائر. ألا ترى أن الغيرة إذا جاوزت ما حرم الله فهي باطل، وأنها بالنساء لضعفهن أولع، حتى يغرن على الظن والحلم في النوم. وتغار المرأة على أبيها، وتعادي امرأته وسريته.