Women of the People of the Book when they are at war with the Muslims

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: It is not lawful to marry the women of the People of the Book who are at war with the Muslims.

Al-Hakam said: I narrated this to Ibrahim, and he liked it.

Abu Iyad said: Marrying the women of the People of the Book is lawful for us; however, if they are at war (with us), then their women and their slaughtered animals become unlawful.

Al-Hakam said: Among the People of the Book there are some whose women and slaughtered animals are not lawful for us. They are the People of the Book who are at war with the Muslims.

Ubaydullah bin Abdullah bin Utbah, Sa'id bin al-Musayyib and Urwah bin al-Zubayr said regarding a woman of the People of the Book: If she comes out of the land of war, she enters the land of the Arabs under a guarantee of safety (aman). If she shows that she has settled down in the land of the Arabs, there is no harm in a Muslim marrying her. If she shows this settledness only at the time of the marriage proposal, she is not to be married.

The same is also reported from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (through Amr bin Sulaym al-Zuraqi).

Urwah bin al-Zubayr reports that they said regarding a woman of the People of the Book: When she comes from the land of war, entering the land of the Arabs under a guarantee of safety (aman), then if she shows that she has settled down in the land of the Arabs, there is no harm in a Muslim marrying her; but if she does not show that except at the time of the marriage proposal, she is not to be married.