I do not know the answer to this question.

I do not know the answer to this question. We would, however, benefit from your answer.” The Imam explained the answer as follows: “At dawn, the woman was the slave of someone else; however, by sunrise, the man had already bought her for himself and so it became halāl for him to look at her. “At noon, he made her free, and so she became harām for him; but by afternoon, he had married her, so she became halāl for him.

“At sunset, he did zihār [^1] by which one’s wife becomes harām for a person; but by night time he paid the penalty for zihar , and so she became halāl for him again. “At midnight, he divorced her; but by next morning, he revoked his divorce, and so she became halāl for him.”