Muwatta Malik 12 — Wills and Testaments
Muwatta Malik : 12
Muwatta MalikHadith Number 12
قَالَ يَحْيَى: سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ: السُّنَّةُ عِنْدَنَا فِي جِنَايَةِ الْعَبِيدِ. «أَنَّ كُلَّ مَا أَصَابَ الْعَبْدُ مِنْ جُرْحٍ جَرَحَ بِهِ إِنْسَانًا. أَوْ شَيْءٍ اخْتَلَسَهُ. أَوْ حَرِيسَةٍ احْتَرَسَهَا، أَوْ تَمْرٍ مُعَلَّقٍ جَذَّهُ أَوْ أَفْسَدَهُ ⦗٧٧١⦘ أَوْ سَرِقَةٍ سَرَقَهَا لَا قَطْعَ عَلَيْهِ فِيهَا، إِنَّ ذَلِكَ فِي رَقَبَةِ الْعَبْدِ. لَا يَعْدُو ذَلِكَ الرَّقَبَةَ. قَلَّ ذَلِكَ أَوْ كَثُرَ فَإِنْ شَاءَ سَيِّدُهُ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ قِيمَةَ مَا أَخَذَ غُلَامُهُ، أَوْ أَفْسَدَ أَوْ عَقْلَ مَا جَرَحَ، أَعْطَاهُ. وَأَمْسَكَ غُلَامَهُ وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يُسْلِمَهُ أَسْلَمَهُ، وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ فَسَيِّدُهُ فِي ذَلِكَ بِالْخِيَارِ»
Malik Narrated from:
The sunna with us about the crime of slaves is that the hand is not cut off for any harm that a slave causes a man, or something he pilfers, or something guarded which he steals, or hanging dates he cuts down or ruins, or steals. That is against the slave's person and does not exceed the price of the slave whether it is little or much. If his master wishes to give the value of what the slave took or ruined, or pay the blood-price for the injury, he pays it and keeps his slave. If he wishes to surrender him, he surrenders him, and none of that is against him. The master has the option in that.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 37, Hadith 8
Translation source
- Compiler:
- Imam Malik ibn Anas
- Translator:
- Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley
- Publisher:
- Darussalam Publication
