Book of Marriage and the legal rulings and judicial matters connected to it.

Marriage is recommended for anyone who feels the need for it. A free man may combine in wedlock up to four free women, whereas a male slave may marry no more than two. A free man may not marry a slave-woman unless two conditions are met: first, that he cannot afford the dower of a free woman, and second, that he fears falling into sin.

A man’s act of looking at a woman is divided into seven categories:

1. Looking at a woman who is not his maḥram without any necessity—this is impermissible.
2. Looking at his own wife or his female slave; he may look at every part of them except the private area.
3. Looking at