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It is made clear that one need not guard one’s private parts from two kinds of women – one’s wives and slave-girls.

— Abul A'la Maududi

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Mawdudi, VI, 81. Sayyid Abul A‘la Mawdudi, Towards Understanding the Qur’an (Tafhim al-Qur’an ), Zafar Ishaq Ansari, trans. (Leicester, England: The Islamic Foundation, 1995) about quran 23.6 quoted in The critical qur’an: explained from key islamic commentaries and contemporary historical research. (2021). . Bombardier Books.

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