(7) باب مَنْ قَتَلَ عَبْدَهُ أَوْ مَثَّلَ بِهِ أَيُقَادُ مِنْهُ
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. (JA)
Reference (JA): Sunan Abi Dawud 4517 (JA)
In-book reference (JA): Book 41, Hadith 24 (JA)
English translation (JA): Book 40, Hadith 4503 (JA)