Domination & submission _ the BDSM relationship handbook ( PDFDrive )

D/s and Islam: Keep Your Clothes On
For adherents of the Islamic faith, the Quran, the sayings of Muhammad (called
the hadith), and the rulings of religious leaders (called fatwa) are the ultimate
authorities, even when it comes to relationships, sex, and BDSM. Despite the
historic tensions between
the two religions, Islam and Judaism are both Abrahamic religions, and there are
a lot of similarities in their respective approaches to sexuality. They both forbid
adultery, incestuous relations, male homosexual anal intercourse, and sex with
menstruating women, for
example. Some restrictions on sex that are unique to Islam include a prohibition
on sex with a woman for forty days after childbirth, a
prohibition on sex during daylight hours during the month of Ramadan, and a
ban
on sex while making a religious pilgrimage to Mecca.
One might naturally assume that slavery and the ownership of concubines is
accepted in many cultures where Islam is practiced,
that the teachings of Islam would be sympathetic to those in the D/s
lifestyle. After all, a large number of them consider themselves Masters
and slaves, do they not?
Islamic law not only allows for the ownership of slaves (jariya) and concubines
(surriyya), but even goes so far as to specify a Master’s rights to have sex with
them, impregnate them, or to
sell them. For example, if a concubine has a child by her Master, he must
acknowledge his paternity of the child, and no longer has the right to sell or
transfer ownership of the mother. A Master may have as many concubines as