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 عَلِيُّ بْنُ رِئَابٍ عَنِ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "إِذَا قَتَلَ اَلْحُرُّ اَلْعَبْدَ غُرِّمَ قِيمَتَهُ وَ أُدِّبَ" قِيلَ لَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ قِيمَتُهُ عِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً قَالَ "لاَ يُجَاوَزُ بِقِيمَةِ عَبْدٍ عَنْ دِيَةِ حُرٍّ".
Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "If a free man kills a slave, he must pay the slave's value and be disciplined." It was asked: "What if the value of the slave is twenty thousand?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "The value of a slave cannot exceed the blood money (diyyah) of a free person."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 325