—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—: ‘Abraham migrated with Sarah and entered a town where there was a king—or a tyrant. He sent word to Abraham: “Send her to me.” So Abraham sent her. The ruler approached her, whereupon she began performing ablution and praying. She said: “O Allah, if I have believed in You and Your Messenger, do not give this disbeliever power over me.” He was then seized by choking until he kicked his leg.’”

It is well known that those who coerced slave women did not do so by threatening to kill them, but by beating them and the like. Thus, if a woman or a boy is forced by such means to submit to sexual immorality:

“Then indeed, Allah, after their being compelled, is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (Surah al-Nūr, 33)

For this reason, it has been said concerning a woman divorced three times: if her husband conceals her divorce and there is no