Gmarthews said:And the original quote does NOT imply that these slaves are released, in fact it is suggested that these slave girls are used in the future, implying no such release!
mmm... hints to self-declared scholar:
a) Once married to a Muslim, slave girl is no longer slave, needs to be emancipated before marriage (among others: to be able to give her free conscent to the marriage).
b) Read Al Qur'an. The whole of it.
salaam.