Hadith.5051 - Ibrahim bin Hashim narrated from Al-Asbagh bin Al-Asbagh. He said: Muhammad bin Sulayman Al-Misri narrated to me from Marwan bin Muslim from Ubayd bin Zurarah or from Burayd Al-Ijli (the doubt is from Muhammad), who said: I asked Abu Abdullah about a slave who commits adultery. Imam said: "He is to be lashed half the prescribed punishment." I asked: "What if he does it again?" Imam replied: "He is to be lashed the same amount." I asked: "What if he repeats it again?" Imam said: "He is not to be given more than half the prescribed punishment." I asked: "Is he ever liable for stoning due to any of his actions?" Imam replied: "Yes, he is to be killed on the eighth offense if he does it eight times." I asked: "What is the difference between him and a free man when their actions are the same?" Imam said: "Allah (swt), the Blessed and Exalted, had mercy on him by not combining the burden of slavery and the punishment of a free man upon him." Then Imam said: "It is obligatory upon the leader of the Muslims to pay his price to his master from the zakat share allocated for freeing slaves."