5338 - سُئِلَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : عَنْ أَرْبَعَةِ أَنْفُسٍ قَتَلُوا رَجُلاً مَمْلُوكٍ وَ حُرٍّ وَ حُرَّةٍ وَ مُكَاتَبٍ قَدْ أَدَّى نِصْفَ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "عَلَيْهِمُ اَلدِّيَةُ عَلَى اَلْحُرِّ رُبُعُ اَلدِّيَةِ وَ عَلَى اَلْحُرَّةِ رُبُعُ اَلدِّيَةِ وَ عَلَى اَلْمَمْلُوكِ أَنْ يُخَيَّرَ مَوْلاَهُ فَإِنْ شَاءَ أَدَّى عَنْهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ دَفَعَهُ بِرُمَّتِهِ وَ لاَ يَغْرَمُ أَهْلُهُ شَيْئاً وَ عَلَى اَلْمُكَاتَبِ فِي مَالِهِ نِصْفُ اَلرُّبُعِ وَ عَلَى اَلَّذِينَ كَاتَبُوهُ نِصْفُ اَلرُّبُعِ فَذَلِكَ اَلرُّبُعُ لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ عَتَقَ نِصْفُهُ".
Hadith.5338 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq 
was asked about four individuals who killed a man: one was a slave, one was a free man, one was a free woman, and one was a mukatab (a slave who had entered into a contract for his freedom and had paid half of it).
Imam said: "The compensation (diyyah) is to be divided as follows:
the free man must pay one-fourth of the diyyah,
the free woman must pay one-fourth of the diyyah,
and regarding the slave, his master is given the choice - if he wills, he can pay on his behalf, and if he wills, he can surrender him entirely, and the slave's family bears no responsibility.
As for the mukatab, half of one-fourth of the diyyah is taken from his own wealth, and the other half of that one-fourth is taken from those who entered into the contract with him, because half of him has been freed."
