Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: It is not permissible to marry a Jewish or Christian slave woman. And what Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has permitted in His Book regarding marriage to women of the People of the Book refers to free women. And Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has said: "Whoever among you does not have the means to marry believing free women, then he may marry believing slave women." Allah has made marriage to believing slave women lawful, not to slave women of the People of the Book. However, it is permissible for the owner to have intercourse with a Jewish or Christian slave woman, but not with a polytheist slave woman.