A free man who wounds a slave's head or injures him

It is reported from Judge Shurayh, concerning a slave who wounds a free man, that if he (the free man) wishes he may take retaliation from him, and if he wishes he may take compensation for his wound.

Ibrahim said that when a free man deliberately wounds a slave, there is only blood money for it, and no retaliation is due from him.

Umar bin Abd al-Aziz said that retaliation shall not be taken from a free man for a slave.

Al-Sha'bi and al-Hasan said that between slaves and free people there is no retaliation in what is below the taking of life (that is, there is no retaliation other than for killing).

And al-Hakam, from Ibrahim, said: There is no retaliation between slaves and free people in what is below the taking of life.

Ibn Jurayj said: I asked Ata about a slave who wounds a free man or gouges out his eye, and the free man then wishes to take retaliation from him. He replied that a free man cannot take retaliation from a slave.

And he said: Mujahid and Sulayman bin Musa said the same.

Ibn Jurayj said: I received the report from Salim that a slave shall not take retaliation from a free man.

Al-Zuhri said that between a free man and a slave there is no retaliation other than this: if a slave kills a free man, the slave shall also be killed in return.