A slave found slain

Sufyan said that Ali bin al-Aqmar said: I found a slave of ours who used to work in a well in the house of Utbah. I brought his case before Shurayh, and he said: Establish that they forced him; otherwise, whomever you wish from the people of the house will swear an oath for you.

Ibn Jurayj said that Ibn Shihab said to me: There is no qasamah for a slave, and the qasamah is not turned back on account of him. These are only prices, like a right that is claimed.

Ibn Jurayj said: Hisham bin Abd al-Malik ruled, concerning the slave of Ayyub, the freed slave of Nafi', that fifty oaths were due from Ayyub. So he swore the oath and took the slave's price.