Chapter on a Muslim Killing a Dhimmi, a Slave, a Mudabbar, or a Mukatab, or Them Killing a Muslim

Ibn Mahbub narrated from Abu Muhammad Al-Wabishi who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a group of people who claimed that a slave had committed an offense warranting his execution, and the slave confessed to it. Imam عليه السلام said: "The confession of a slave is not valid against his master." Imam عليه السلام further said: "But if they establish evidence for what they claimed against the slave, they may take the slave for it or his master may ransom him."