Chapter on a Muslim Killing a Dhimmi, a Slave, a Mudabbar, or a Mukatab, or Them Killing a Muslim
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 29
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 29
Chapter on a Muslim Killing a Dhimmi, a Slave, a Mudabbar, or a Mukatab, or Them Killing a Muslim
وَ رَوَى يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي اَلْعَلاَءِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "إِذَا قَتَلَ اَلْعَبْدُ اَلْحُرَّ فَلِأَهْلِ اَلْمَقْتُولِ إِنْ شَاءُوا قَتَلُوا وَ إِنْ شَاءُوا اِسْتَعْبَدُوا".
Yahya ibn Abi Al-'Ala narrated from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام who said: "If a slave kills a free man, the family of the murdered person has the choice: if they wish, they may kill him, and if they wish, they may enslave him."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 324