A man who frees his slave woman for the sake of Allah: may he marry her?

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: If a man freed his slave-woman for the sake of Allah, he should not go back to her. But if he freed her in order to marry her, there is no harm.

Al-Nakha'i said: If he freed her for the sake of Allah, it is disliked to marry her.

Ibrahim considered it disliked for a man to free her and then marry her.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib considered it disliked for a man to free her for the sake of Allah and then marry her.

Qatadah said: Once Bashir bin Ka'b recited this verse: {So walk among its slopes} [al-Mulk: 15], and then said to his slave-girl: If you can tell me the meaning of 'manakibiha', you are free for the sake of Allah. She said: It means its mountains. On hearing this, the colour of Bashir bin Ka'b's face changed, for he loved this slave-girl. He then began asking people about it, whether he should free her or not. Some told him to free her and some forbade him. He asked Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Leave what puts you in doubt for what does not put you in doubt; good lies in tranquillity, and evil lies in doubt. So Bashir bin Ka'b left that slave-girl.