Hazrat Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Kathir bin Salt (may Allah have mercy on him) says that one of our freed slaves married an Arab woman. He was brought to Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him), so he said that the freed slave of Al-Kathir has followed the same path.

Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that I order women of noble lineage to marry only men of equal status.

Hazrat Amr bin Abi Qarah Kindi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that his father requested Hazrat Salman (may Allah have mercy on him) to marry his sister, but he refused and instead married a freed slave woman of theirs named Baqirah.

Hazrat Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We will neither let them lead us in prayer nor will we marry their women."

Hazrat Ibn Shihab, may Allah have mercy on him, says that an Arab and a freed slave cannot be equal in lineage.

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Ibn Abi Layla (may Allah have mercy on him) about equality in marriage, so he said that equality is in religion and status. I asked, "Is it in wealth?" He replied, "No."

Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no one more possessive than Allah Almighty, and for this reason, He has forbidden all types of apparent and hidden indecency."

Hazrat Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Are you amazed at Sa’d’s (may Allah be pleased with him) sense of honor? I am more possessive than Sa’d, and Allah is more possessive than me. Because of His sense of honor, Allah has forbidden all kinds of apparent and hidden indecencies."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Atiq Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is a type of protective jealousy (ghayrah) that Allah likes, and there is a type that Allah dislikes. The type of protective jealousy that Allah likes is that which occurs in the case of doubt and disobedience, and the type that Allah dislikes is that which occurs without doubt or disobedience.

Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that keep the woman in the house because a woman is something to be concealed. When a woman leaves her house, Satan observes her, and says to her that whoever you pass by, you affect him.