Saeed bin Musayyib said that by «محصنات» are meant those women who have husbands; its meaning is that Allah has forbidden adultery.

Ibn Shihab and Qasim bin Muhammad used to say: If a free man marries a slave woman and has intercourse with her, then he becomes muhsan.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: I found the people whom I met saying that when a free man marries a slave woman and then has intercourse with her, that man becomes muhsan.

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.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: If a slave woman is married to a free man, then her husband leaves her before she is freed, she will not be considered a muhsanah until she marries after being freed and consummates the marriage.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: If a slave woman is married to a free man and she is set free while still in his marriage, then she will become a muhsanah, provided that her husband has intercourse with her after her emancipation. Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: If a Christian, Jewish, or Muslim man marries a free woman and has intercourse with her, then he will become a muhsan.