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Summary
Malik said: if a slave kills a slave, deliberately or by mistake, the master of the slain slave has no oath of fifty, and his master is entitled to it only with a just proof, or with a witness whom he swears with. Yahya said: Malik said: this is the best I have heard. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Qasama. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas. Built on in the chapters on qasama.
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of the oath procedure for homicide (qasama)
- Mentions
- Malik ibn Anas
- Basis for
- oath procedure for homicide (qasama)
People and things also explored
Muwatta 2573· Muwatta 2574· Muwatta 2575· Muwatta 2576· Muwatta 2577· Muwatta 2578· Muwatta 2579· Muwatta 2580
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.459
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 2589”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-30-2589/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.