A man who marries a woman of the People of the Book and then commits zina

Mughirah reports that it is narrated from Ibrahim and al-Sha'bi, concerning a free man who marries a Jewish woman or a Christian woman and then commits adultery, that they both said: He is to be flogged and not stoned.

Ibn Tawus reports that his father Tawus held the view that no woman except a free Muslim woman can make a free man muhsan (married and chaste).

Ali bin Abi Talhah reports that Sayyiduna Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) intended to marry a Jewish or Christian woman, so he asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about that. He (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade him from her and said: She cannot make you muhsan (married and chaste).

Nafi' reports that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) did not regard a polytheist woman as muhsanah (having the status of ihsan).

Nafi' reports that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Whoever associates partners with Allah is not muhsan (married and chaste).

Yunus reports that al-Hasan al-Basri used to say: When a man marries a woman while he is not a Muslim, she does not make him muhsan (married and chaste) until he has intercourse with her in Islam.