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 اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلْعَزِيزِ اَلْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي رَجُلٍ شَجَّ عَبْداً مُوضِحَةً قَالَ "عَلَيْهِ نِصْفُ عُشْرِ قِيمَتِهِ".
Imam Abu Abdullah عليه السلام was asked about a man who inflicted a mudhiha (a wound exposing the bone) on a slave. Imam عليه السلام said: "He is liable to pay half of one-tenth of the slave's value."
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 324