قَالَ مَالِك : فَقَتْلُ الْعَمْدِ عِنْدَنَا أَنْ يَعْمِدَ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ فَيَضْرِبَهُ حَتَّى تَفِيظَ نَفْسُهُ، وَمِنَ الْعَمْدِ أَيْضًا أَنْ يَضْرِبَ الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ فِي النَّائِرَةِ تَكُونُ بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْهُ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ، فَيُنْزَى فِي ضَرْبِهِ فَيَمُوتُ فَتَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْقَسَامَةُ .
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: In our view, intentional murder is when a person deliberately kills another until his life departs, and it is also intentional murder if a person has enmity with another, strikes him once and leaves while he is still alive, and afterwards he dies from that same blow; in this case, qasamah will be obligatory.