There is no choice but the Sunnah and following it. And analogy should only be based on comparing something to an established principle (a precedent … - Ahmad ibn Hanbal

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There is no choice but the Sunnah and following it. And analogy should only be based on comparing something to an established principle (a precedent from the time of the Prophet Muhammad). But to come to the principle and demolish it and then say this is by analogy - on what basis are you making your analogy?

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About Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Ahmad ibn Hanbal or Abū ʿAbdillāh Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ḥanbal Ash-Shaybānī (November 780 — 2 August 855) often referred to as Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal or Ibn Ḥanbal for short, was an Arab Muslim jurist, theologian, ascetic, hadith traditionist, and founder of the Hanbali school of Sunni jurisprudence — one of the four major orthodox legal schools of Sunni Islam.

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Native Name: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَل • أحمد بن محمد بن حنبل
Alternative Names: Ahmed ibn Hanbal • Ḥanbal Aḥmad • al-Imām Ibn ḥanbal
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If Zoroastrian and idolatrous women are taken prisoner, they are coerced into Islam; if they embrace it, sexual relations with them are permissible and they can (also) be used as maidservants. If they do not embrace Islam, they are used as maidservants but not for sexual relations.
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