A man who marries a slave woman and then commits zina: what is due from him?

Yahya bin Abi Kathir reports that it is narrated from Ikrimah and Sulayman bin Yasar concerning a man who married a slave woman, not having married a free woman before her, and who then committed adultery. Sulayman bin Yasar said: He is to be stoned. And Ikrimah said: He is to be flogged.

And Ikrimah said: He is to be flogged.

Abd al-Malik reports that Ata was asked about a man who committed zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) while he had many slave women. He said: He is to be flogged and not stoned.

Al-Hakam and Hammad report that Ibrahim said: A free man does not become muhsan (married and chaste) through a Jewish woman, nor through a Christian woman, nor through a slave woman.

Marwan asked Ubaydullah bin Abdullah bin Utbah, or Abdullah bin Utbah, about a free man who has a slave woman as his wife and who commits adultery. He said: He is to be stoned. Marwan asked: From whom did you take this ruling? He said: We found the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying so.

Yunus reports that al-Hasan al-Basri used to say: A slave woman cannot make a free man muhsan (married and chaste), and a slave cannot make a free woman muhsan.

Qatadah and al-Hasan al-Basri used to say, concerning a free woman married to a slave who commits zina (unlawful sexual intercourse): the Sunnah is that she is to be stoned; and concerning a free man who has a slave woman as his wife: he is not to be stoned.

Yahya bin Abi Kathir reports that Sulayman bin Yasar said: A slave makes a free woman muhsan (married and chaste), and a slave woman makes a free man muhsan.

Qatadah reports that Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: A slave makes a free woman muhsan (married and chaste), and a slave woman makes a free man muhsan. He said: The free man is now to be stoned.

Layth reports that Mujahid said: I came to Madinah when all the jurists had agreed, concerning a slave who had become muhsan (married and chaste) through a free woman, that he is to be stoned, except for Ikrimah, who said: Half the punishment is due on him.

Abu Ma'shar reports that it is narrated from Ibrahim, concerning a slave who has a free woman as his wife, or a free man who has a slave woman as his wife, one of whom commits zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), that he said: The punishment of stoning is not due on either of them until they are both free Muslims.

Layth reports that Mujahid said: A slave woman being married means that she marries a free man, and a slave being married means that he marries a free woman.