قُلْتُ لَهُ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِصاصُ فِي الْقَتْلى الْحُرُّ بِالْحُرِّ وَ الْعَبْدُ بِالْعَبْدِ وَ الْأُنْثى بِالْأُنْثى قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا يُقْتَلُ حُرٌّ بِعَبْدٍ وَ لَكِنْ يُضْرَبُ ضَرْباً شَدِيداً وَ يُغَرَّمُ ثَمَنَهُ دِيَةَ الْعَبْدِ .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Ibn Muskan, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5<sup>th</sup> or 6<sup>th</sup> Imam<sup>asws</sup>), said, ‘I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘The Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:2#h178"><a href="/books/quran:2#h178">[2:178]</a></a> O you who believe! The retaliation is Prescribed for you in the matter of the slain, the free for the free, and the slave for the slave, and the female for the female</span>. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The free would not be killed due to the slave, but he would be whipped with intense whipping, and would be fined his value as wergild for the slave’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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