Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the ruling: If a *mukatab* (a slave who has made a contract with his master to pay a certain amount in order to gain his freedom) is killed, then the amount of blood money corresponding to the portion he has gained freedom for will be paid as for a free man, and for the portion he remains a slave, the blood money will be paid as for a slave. Ibn Abbas says: The punishment for a *mukatab* will be the same as that for a slave.