سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَهُ مَمْلُوكَانِ قَتَلَ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ أَ لَهُ أَنْ يُقِيدَهُ بِهِ دُونَ السُّلْطَانِ إِنْ أَحَبَّ ذَلِكَ قَالَ هُوَ مَالُهُ يَفْعَلُ بِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ إِنْ شَاءَ قَتَلَهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ عَفَا .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about a man for whom were two slaves. One of the two killed his companion, is it for him that he can retaliate with him besides the ruling authorities, if he so likes that?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He was his property. He can do whatsoever he so desires to with him. If he so desires to, he can kill him, and if he so desires to he can pardon’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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