Jihad: Is It Permissible for Muslims to Enslave Non-Muslims Today?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Jihad: Is It Permissible for Muslims to Enslave Non-Muslims Today?

English:

Question #1044:

Is it permissible for a Muslim to take possession of any non-Muslim person whether kitābī or non-kitābī, man or woman, in a non-Muslim country or in an Islamic one?

Answer #1044:

It is not permissible. In case the infidels attack Islamic lands and a group of them are captured by Muslims, deciding the fate of the prisoners of war rests with the Islamic ruler and Muslims as individuals do not have such powers.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Jihad