قَالَ مَالِك، فِي الرَّجُلِ يُمْسِكُ الرَّجُلَ لِلرَّجُلِ فَيَضْرِبُهُ فَيَمُوتُ مَكَانَهُ : أَنَّهُ إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُ وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ قَتْلَهُ قُتِلَا بِهِ جَمِيعًا، وَإِنْ أَمْسَكَهُ وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ الضَّرْبَ مِمَّا يَضْرِبُ بِهِ النَّاسُ، لَا يَرَى أَنَّهُ عَمَدَ لِقَتْلِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ الْقَاتِلُ وَيُعَاقَبُ الْمُمْسِكُ أَشَدَّ الْعُقُوبَةِ، وَيُسْجَنُ سَنَةً لِأَنَّهُ أَمْسَكَهُ وَلَا يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ الْقَتْلُ .
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a person seizes another person and a second person comes and kills him, and it is known that he seized him for the purpose of having him killed, then both persons will be killed in retaliation for him. If he did not seize him with this intention, but rather thought that the other person would just kill him on his own, then the one who seized him will not be killed, but he will be given a severe punishment. And after the punishment, he will be imprisoned for one year.