Hadith 16840

Chapter 7

باب 7

(7) باب مَنْ قَتَلَ عَبْدَهُ أَوْ مَثَّلَ بِهِ أَيُقَادُ مِنْهُ

(1650) Chapter: If A Man Kills His Slave Or Mutilates Him, Should Retaliation Be Imposed On Him ? (AR)
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حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، بِإِسْنَادِ شُعْبَةَ مِثْلَهُ زَادَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَ نَسِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ " لاَ يُقْتَلُ حُرٌّ بِعَبْدٍ " .

Qatadah transmitted the tradition mentioned above through a chain of narrators like that of Shu'bah. This version adds:
Then al-Hasan forgot this tradition, and he used to say: A free man is not to be killed for a slave. (AR)

Reference (AR): Sunan Abi Dawud 4517 (AR)

In-book reference (AR): Book 41, Hadith 24 (AR)

English translation (AR): Book 40, Hadith 4503 (AR)