Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Shaqiq narrates that Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) married a Jewish woman, so Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote him a letter in which he ordered him to leave her. Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) replied to him in writing that if this is forbidden, then I will leave her. Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote that I do not say it is forbidden, but I fear that because of this, people will start turning towards immoral and wicked Jewish women.

Hazrat Abdul Malik narrates that he asked Hazrat Ata about marrying Jewish and Christian women, and he replied that doing so is disliked (makruh). The narrator states that at that time, Muslim women were few.

Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) considered marriage to women of the People of the Book to be disliked, but he saw no harm in eating food prepared by their hands.

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) considered marriage with women of the People of the Book to be disliked, and he used to recite this verse { وَلاَ تَنْکِحُوا الْمُشْرِکَاتِ حَتَّی یُؤْمِنَّ }.