Hadith 24

Sunan Abi Da'ud

Book 41: Types of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat) Sahih Maqtu'

Chapter 1650

If A Man Kills His Slave Or Mutilates Him, Should Retaliation Be Imposed On Him ?

باب مَنْ قَتَلَ عَبْدَهُ أَوْ مَثَّلَ بِهِ أَيُقَادُ مِنْهُ

Sahih Maqtu'
Sunan Abi Dawud 4517
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.