Killing a free person with a slave and the absence of reciprocity
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The questioner:
You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that killing a free person with a slave is not by way of reciprocity. Is this a general ruling, even if...
The Shaykh:
Even if it is greater.
The questioner:
You mentioned that killing a free person with a slave is not by way of reciprocity.
The Shaykh:
It is not by way of reciprocity; a free person is not killed with a slave because there is no reciprocity between them, for the free person is more complete than the slave. If we were to kill him with a slave, it would be an injustice.
The questioner:
He asks: Is this a general ruling, even if the free person killed the slave intentionally? And is this a ruling that has not been abrogated?
The Shaykh:
This is regarding intentional killing; as for accidental killing, it is expiated. Yes.
You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that killing a free person with a slave is not by way of reciprocity. Is this a general ruling, even if...
The Shaykh:
Even if it is greater.
The questioner:
You mentioned that killing a free person with a slave is not by way of reciprocity.
The Shaykh:
It is not by way of reciprocity; a free person is not killed with a slave because there is no reciprocity between them, for the free person is more complete than the slave. If we were to kill him with a slave, it would be an injustice.
The questioner:
He asks: Is this a general ruling, even if the free person killed the slave intentionally? And is this a ruling that has not been abrogated?
The Shaykh:
This is regarding intentional killing; as for accidental killing, it is expiated. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/127 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (53:56)
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