A man who orders another man, who then kills a third

Shu'bah said: I asked al-Hakam and Hammad about a man who orders another man to kill someone. They both said: The killer shall be killed, and there is no retaliation upon the one who gave the order.

Jabir said: A man ordered his slave, and the slave deliberately killed a man. Amir said: That slave shall be killed.

Mansur said that Ibrahim stated, concerning a man who ordered another man and that man then killed: Both of them are partners.

Waki' said: In our view they are partners in the sin; as for retaliation, it is upon the killer.

Mansur said: I asked Ibrahim about a governor who ordered a man, and the man killed someone. He said: Both of them are partners in the sin.

Salamah bin Nubayt said: A ruler ordered a man to kill a particular man, and al-Dahhak bin Muzahim said: You yourself be the one who is killed.

Ash'ath said: A man ordered his slave, and the slave killed a man. Al-Hasan al-Basri said: That man shall be killed.

Khilas said: A man ordered his slave to kill a certain man. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He is only in the position of his whip or his sword.

Ata said: A man ordered his slave, and the slave killed a man. Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The master shall be killed.