Chapter on Imprisonment Due to the Implementation of Rulings
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 15
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 15
Chapter on Imprisonment Due to the Implementation of Rulings
وَ رَوَى اَلسَّكُونِيُّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ أَنَّ أَمِيرَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: فِي رَجُلٍ أَمَرَ عَبْدَهُ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ رَجُلاً فَقَتَلَهُ قَالَ "هَلْ عَبْدُ اَلرَّجُلِ إِلاَّ كَسَوْطِهِ وَ سَيْفِهِ فَقُتِلَ اَلسَّيِّدُ وَ اُسْتُودِعَ اَلْعَبْدُ اَلسِّجْنَ ".
Al-Sakuni narrated through his chain of transmission that Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام said regarding a man who ordered his slave to kill another man, and the slave carried out the order: (Imam عليه السلام said) "Is not the slave like his master's whip or sword?" Therefore, the master was executed, and the slave was imprisoned.
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh