سنن أبي داود

Hadith 4517

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

كِتَاب الدِّيَاتِ

Chapter 7

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

باب مَنْ قَتَلَ عَبْدَهُ أَوْ مَثَّلَ بِهِ أَيُقَادُ مِنْهُ

English narration

Narrated by قتادة بن دعامة السدوسي

Qatadah transmitted the tradition mentioned above through a chain of narrators like that of Shubah. 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.

النص العربي

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 : لَا يُقْتَلُ حُرٌّ بِعَبْدٍ .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4517In-book: Book 41, Hadith 4517

The isnād

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