قَالَ مَالِك : يُحْصِنُ الْعَبْدُ الْحُرَّةَ إِذَا مَسَّهَا بِنِكَاحٍ، وَلَا تُحْصِنُ الْحُرَّةُ الْعَبْدَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَعْتِقَ، وَهُوَ زَوْجُهَا، فَيَمَسَّهَا بَعْدَ عِتْقِهِ، فَإِنْ فَارَقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْتِقَ، فَلَيْسَ بِمُحْصَنٍ حَتَّى يَتَزَوَّجَ بَعْدَ عِتْقِهِ، وَيَمَسَّ امْرَأَتَهُ . ¤
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: If a slave marries a free woman and has intercourse with her, he will not become muhsan, but the woman will become muhsan. However, if the slave is set free and after his freedom he has intercourse with her, then the slave will become muhsan. And if before his freedom, the slave leaves that woman, he will not become muhsan until after his freedom he marries her again and has intercourse with her.