A man married to a slave girl who divorces her irrevocably, she returns to her master and he has intercourse with her: may her husband take her back?

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The master is not a husband.

Al-Sha'bi said: The master is not a husband.

Ibrahim said: The master is not a husband.

Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The master counts as a husband, if he does not intend to make her lawful (for her former husband).

Abu Rafi' said: Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about this, and at that time Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) were also present with him. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) gave a concession in this matter, and both of them said: He is a husband. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and left out of displeasure at what they had said.

Ata said: The master is a husband.

Shu'bah said: I asked Hammad about a man who has a slave woman as his wife and gives her two divorces, and then her master has intercourse with her: can she go back to her husband? He disliked it.

Jabir bin Zayd was asked: If a man has a slave woman as his wife and divorces her, and then her master takes her as a concubine and afterwards leaves her, may the husband take her back? He said: That woman is now not lawful for the first husband until she marries someone else.

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit and Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: If a man gives two divorces to his wife who is a slave woman, and then her master has intercourse with her, not intending any deception or the like by it, she may go back to her first husband through a new marriage.

Ibrahim said: If a man has a slave woman as his wife and gives her two divorces, and then the slave woman's master has intercourse with her, she is not lawful for the first husband until she marries someone else.

Tawus said: If someone gave his slave-woman wife two divorces and then her master had intercourse with her, he may marry her.