Killing one who insults the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Abu Hanifah said he is not killed

A man from Banu Suwa'ah narrates: I said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): Tell me about the character of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Have you not read the Qur'an? "And indeed, you are of a great moral character" [Al-Qalam: 4]. She said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting with his Companions. I prepared food for him, and Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) also prepared food for him (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyidah Hafsah got ahead of me. She said: I said to the slave-girl: Go and overturn Hafsah's bowl. She said: She leaned forward to place the bowl before him (peace and blessings be upon him), and she (the slave-girl) overturned the bowl. The bowl broke and the food was scattered. She said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gathered up the bowl, and gathered into it whatever had fallen from it onto the ground, and then everyone ate. Then my bowl went, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent that bowl to Hafsah and said: "Take this vessel in place of your vessel, and eat what is in it." Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I saw nothing (on account of this incident) in his (peace and blessings be upon him) face.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: One of the pure wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him a bowl of tharid as a gift. He (peace and blessings be upon him) was (at that time) in the house of another of his wives. This wife struck the bowl, and it fell and broke. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began picking up the tharid and gathering it into the bowl with his own hand, and he said: "Eat! Your mother became jealous." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) waited until a sound bowl came, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) took it and gave it to the owner of the broken bowl.

Shurayh said: Whoever breaks a piece of wood, the broken wood belongs to the one who broke it, and its like is due from him. It is mentioned that the view of (Imam) Abu Hanifah is contrary to this, and he said: Its value is due from him.