A man who kills a man while another holds him

Isma'il bin Umayyah said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled, concerning a man who held another man while someone else killed him, that the killer shall be killed and the one who held him shall be imprisoned.

Amir said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) ruled that the killer be killed and the one who held the victim be imprisoned.

Shu'bah said: I asked al-Hakam and Hammad about a man who held another man while someone else killed him. They both said: The killer shall be killed.

Ibn Jurayj said: I heard Sulayman bin Musa say: Among us, joining together against a victim means that one man holds him and another strikes him. In our view, the two of them are partners in his blood, and both shall be killed together.

Yahya bin Abi Kathir said: Two men were brought to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him); one of them had killed and the other had held the victim. He had the one who killed put to death, and he said to the one who held him: You held him for death, so I shall keep you confined in prison until you too die.