Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
And those who do not have the means to get
married must keep chaste till Allah provides them the resources by His
munificence; and the bondwomen in your possession who, in order to earn
something, seek a letter of freedom from you - then write it for them if
you consider some goodness in them; and help them in their cause with Allah’s
wealth which He has bestowed upon you; and do not force your bondwomen
into the dirty profession, while they wish to save themselves, in order
to earn some riches of the worldly life; and if one forces them then indeed
Allah, upon their remaining compelled, is Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful.