and the expiration of her waiting period; because we do not know that she will not convert. If he divorces the free woman three times before her conversion, and then she does not convert, the divorce does not take effect; because it has become clear to us that the marriage was annulled due to the difference in religion, and he has the choice of the slave women. But if she converts during her waiting period, it becomes clear that her marriage was binding and that the divorce took place within it, and the slave women are separated [from him] due to the confirmation of her marriage before the divorce.

Section: If he converts while he has slave women and a free woman under him, and they [all] convert, then they are emancipated before her conversion, he does not have the right to choose from among them; because the marriage of a slave woman is not permissible for one who is capable of [marrying] a free woman. Their status is considered [based on] their status at the time the choice is established, which is the state of the convergence of his Islam and their Islam. Then we look: if the free woman has not converted, he has the right to choose from among them, and he does not choose more than one, in consideration of the state of the convergence of his Islam and their Islam. If she converts during her waiting period, her marriage is established, and their marital tie is severed. If he had chosen one of the emancipated women during the waiting period of the free woman, and then she [the free woman] did not convert, there is no consideration for his choice, and he has the right to choose another; because the choice cannot be suspended. As for if they are emancipated before they convert, then they convert and gather with him upon Islam while they are free women: if all the wives are four or fewer, their marriage is established. But if they are more than four, he has the right to choose four from among them, and the marital tie of the fifth is void; because they have become free women at the time of the choice, which is the state of the convergence of his Islam and their Islam. Thus, their ruling becomes the ruling of original free women, and as if they were emancipated before his Islam and their Islam. If they converted before him, then were emancipated, then he converted, the ruling is the same, and the ruling in this is as if he converted while he had five free women [or more, according to what has already been detailed].