Is a female slave's existing marriage a defect?

Chapter on Selling the Musarrah (Animal with milk retained in udder)

Al-Mughni

Book of Sales

Book 12 · Issue 2 · Bab 5

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If a female slave is purchased while already married, this constitutes a defect. Every scholar whose opinion is known agrees on this point, as established by Ibn al-Mundhir.