A free man who kills another's slave

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) did not kill a free man who had killed a slave.

Al-Hakam said that Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "When a free man kills a slave, he is to be killed in retaliation."

Mughirah said that Ibrahim said: "A slave is to be killed in return for a free man, and a free man in return for a slave."

Suhayl bin Abi Salih said: I asked Sa'id bin al-Musayyib about a free man who had killed a slave. He said: "He is to be killed in return for that slave." The narrator said: I then came to him again, and he said: "He is to be killed in return for that slave." Then he said: "By Allah, even if all the people of Yemen joined together in killing that slave, I would kill them all in return for him."

Suhayl bin Abi Salih said: I asked Sa'id bin al-Musayyib about a free man who had deliberately killed a slave. He said: "Kill him too, even if the people of Yemen gather over his blood."

Abu al-Wadin said: I asked Imam al-Sha'bi about a free man who had deliberately killed a slave. He said: "Kill this vile and base man in return for that slave."

Muhammad bin Amr said that Umar bin Abd al-Aziz said: "A free man is not to be killed in retaliation for a slave."

Waki' said: I heard Sufyan say: "A man is to be killed for killing another person's slave, but he is not to be killed for his own slave, just as, if he killed his son, he would not be killed in return."

Waki' said: I heard Sufyan say: "A man is not to be killed in return for his slave, but he is to be punished."