Chapter on the Ruling Regarding a Man Who Kills Two or More Men, and a Group That Gathers to Kill a Man
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 26
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 26
Chapter on the Ruling Regarding a Man Who Kills Two or More Men, and a Group That Gathers to Kill a Man
"وَ قَضَى عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي رَجُلٍ أَمَرَ عَبْدَهُ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ رَجُلاً فَقَالَ "وَ هَلْ عَبْدُ اَلرَّجُلِ إِلاَّ كَسَيْفِهِ وَ سَوْطِهِ يُقْتَلُ اَلسَّيِّدُ بِهِ وَ يُسْتَوْدَعُ اَلْعَبْدُ اَلسِّجْنَ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ" ".
Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام ruled in the case of a man who commanded his servant to kill another man. Imam عليه السلام said: "Is not a man's servant like his sword and his whip? The master shall be executed for the crime, and the servant shall be imprisoned until he dies."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh