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

Hadith #5263

5263 - 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".

Hadith.5263 - Yahya ibn Abi Al-'Ala narrated from Abu Abdullah 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."