Those who disliked marrying a slave woman while married to a free woman

It is narrated from al-Hasan that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade marrying a slave woman while one has a free wife.

Al-Hasan said: A slave woman is not to be married while one has a free wife. If this is done, he is not to be left as he is.

Makhul said: A man may not marry a slave woman while he has a free wife, but he may marry a free woman while he has a slave wife.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A slave woman is not to be married while one has a free wife, or (he said): a free woman is not to be married while one has a slave wife.

Masruq said: Only a slave may marry a slave woman while having a free wife.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Only a slave may marry a slave woman while having a free wife.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: A man may not marry a slave woman while he has a free wife, but he may marry a free woman while he has a slave wife.

Ata said: If a man marries a free woman while he has a slave wife, that is good.

Ibn Tawus said: I said to my father: "A man has married a slave woman while having a free wife, and he thinks that she has become unlawful for him?" Tawus said: "They are right."

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib and al-Hasan were asked: What if a man marries a slave woman while having a free wife? They said: The man and the slave woman are to be separated.

Al-Zuhri was asked: What if a man marries a slave woman while having a free wife? He said: The man is to be beaten on his back, and the two of them are to be separated.