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Abu Dawood: Hadith 4519

41. Types of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat)

سنن أبي داود

41/1650 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

4519
Abu Dawood
Sahih Maqtu' (Al-Albani)
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.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4517
In-book : Book 41, Hadith 24
English translation : Book 40, Hadith 4503