Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that if the wife of a Jew or Christian accepts Islam, then he (her husband) has more right to her because they have a treaty with the Muslims.

Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the disbelieving husband has more right to her as long as both of them are in the land of migration.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Yazid Khatmi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) had written in a letter regarding this matter that women would be given the choice.

Hazrat Sha’bi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that her husband will have more right to her as long as the woman is in the city.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the marriage of both of them will remain intact.

Hazrat Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Hani bin Qabeesah Shaybani was a Christian, and he had four women in his marriage. When all of them accepted Islam, Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote a decree that those women would remain with him.

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a Christian woman accepted Islam while her husband was a Christian man. Her family wanted to free her from her husband, so she traveled to Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He gave the woman the choice.