قَالَ مَالِك : لَيْسَ بَيْنَ الْحُرِّ وَالْعَبْدِ قَوَدٌ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْجِرَاحِ، وَالْعَبْدُ يُقْتَلُ بِالْحُرِّ إِذَا قَتَلَهُ عَمْدًا، وَلَا يُقْتَلُ الْحُرُّ بِالْعَبْدِ وَإِنْ قَتَلَهُ عَمْدًا، وَهُوَ أَحْسَنُ مَا سَمِعْتُ
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that there is no retaliation (qisas) between a free man and a slave in cases of wounds, but if a slave kills a free man, then the slave will be killed, and if a free man kills a slave, then the free man will not be killed. This I have heard very clearly.