The ruling on a man marrying a free woman and subsequently purchasing her sister.

Chapter on What is Prohibited to Marry and Combining Between Them and Other Matters

Al-Mughni

Book of Marriage

Book 35 · Issue 2 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

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If a man marries a woman and subsequently purchases her sister, the purchase is valid, but the sister remains unlawful for him to marry. This is because marriage is analogous to sexual intercourse (Wati'); thus, it resembles the case where he had sexual intercourse with his enslaved woman and then purchased her sister.