وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِك أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ " قَضَى أَنَّ دِيَةَ الْيَهُودِيِّ أَوِ النَّصْرَانِيِّ إِذَا قُتِلَ أَحَدُهُمَا مِثْلُ نِصْفِ دِيَةِ الْحُرِّ الْمُسْلِمِ " . قَالَ مَالِك : الْأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا أَنْ لَا يُقْتَلَ مُسْلِمٌ بِكَافِرٍ، إِلَّا أَنْ يَقْتُلَهُ مُسْلِمٌ قَتْلَ غِيلَةٍ فَيُقْتَلُ بِهِ .
Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz said that the blood money (diyah) of a Jew or a Christian is half of the blood money of a free Muslim.
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: According to us, the ruling is that no Muslim will be killed in retaliation for a disbeliever, except when the Muslim kills him deceitfully by trickery, then he will be killed.