Surah 23:6
"except from their wives or what their right (hands) own – surely then they are not (to be) blamed,"
Sex Outside of Marriage
Supporting Verses
Surah 4:24 → "And (also forbidden to you are) married women, except what your right (hands) own. (This is) a written decree of God for you. (All women) beyond that are permitted to you to seek (to obtain) by means of your wealth, taking (them) in marriage, not in immorality. So (because of) what you enjoy from them in this way, give them their marriage gifts as an obligation. (There is) no blame on you in anything you may give them by mutual agreement beyond this obligation. Surely God is knowing, wise."
Opposing Verses
Surah 24:33 → "Let those who do not find (the means for) marriage abstain, until God enriches them from His favor. Those who seek the writ, among what your right (hands) own, write (it) for them, if you know any good in them, and give them some of the wealth of God which He has given you. And do not force your young women into prostitution, if they wish (to live in) chastity, so that you may seek (the fleeting) goods of this present life. Whoever forces them – surely God is forgiving (and) compassionate (to them) after their being forced."
Does the Quran permit sex outside of marriage? Some verses state that those who cannot marry must abstain until God enriches them, while other verses permit sex with captives or slaves without marriage.