If A Man Kills His Slave Or Mutilates Him, Should Retaliation Be Imposed On Him?
Darussalam · Volume 5
38. THE BOOK OF AD-DIYĀT (BLOOD MONEY)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4516 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 176
Source no. 4516 · Volume 1 · Page 2
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4516. It was narrated from Mu'adh bin Hishām: "My father narrated to me, from Qatādah" with the same chain (as no. 4515). He said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Whoever castrates his slave, we will castrate him.'" Then he mentioned a Hadīth like that of Shu'bah and Hammād. (Hasan) Abū Dāwūd said: A Hadīth like that of Mu'adh was narrated from Abū Dāwūd Aṭ-Ṭayālīsī from Hishām.
4516 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ خَصَى عَبْدَهُ خَصَيْنَاهُ» ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ وَحَمَّادٍ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ مُعَاذٍ،
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According to some scholars both these narrations are weak. According to authentic narrations, the master is not to be killed in retaliation in such cases. According to the scholars who consider these narrations to be Hasan, it indicates a strong warning, but not that the master is to be punished. There is also a view that these narrations are abrogated. (See 'Awn Al-Ma'būd.)