he is permitted to initiate a marriage with her, unlike the others. If he converts and they convert with him while he is indigent, and he does not make a choice until he becomes wealthy, he is still permitted to choose; because he had that right at the time his right of choice was established, and the change in his state does not negate what was already established for him, just as if he had married or made a choice and then became wealthy, the continuation of the marriage would not be forbidden to him.

Section: If he converts and one of them converts with him, and he is someone for whom it is permissible to marry slave women, he has the right to choose the one who converted with him; because he would have the right to choose her if they had all converted, so it is the same if she converts alone. If he chooses to wait for the rest, it is permissible; because he has a valid purpose, which is that there might be someone among them who is dearer to him than this one. If he waits for them and they do not convert until their waiting period expires, it becomes clear that the marriage of this one was binding, and the others became definitively separated from the moment their religions differed. If they convert during the waiting period, he chooses one of them, the marriages of the remaining women are annulled at the time of the choice, and their waiting periods begin from the time of the choice. If some of them convert but not others, those who did not convert are definitively separated from the time their religions differed, and the others from the time of his choice. If he chooses the one who converted with him at the time she converted, the marital tie with the others is severed, and her marriage is established. If the others convert during the waiting period, it is clear that they were separated from him by his choice, and their waiting periods begin from that moment. If they do not convert, they are separated by the difference in religion, and their waiting period is from him. If he divorces the one who converted with him, she is divorced, and that constitutes a choice for her. The ruling for that is the same as if he had chosen her explicitly; because his initiating a divorce against her implies choosing her. As for if he chooses to annul her marriage, he does not have that right; because the rest did not convert with him, so the number did not exceed what he is permitted to retain in this situation, and her marriage is not annulled. Then we look: if the others do not convert, her marriage becomes binding upon him,