وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنِ اَلْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: فِي عَبْدٍ جَرَحَ حُرّاً قَالَ "إِنْ شَاءَ اَلْحُرُّ اِقْتَصَّ مِنْهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ أَخَذَهُ إِنْ كَانَتِ اَلْجِرَاحَةُ تُحِيطُ بِرَقَبَتِهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ لاَ تُحِيطُ بِرَقَبَتِهِ اِفْتَدَاهُ مَوْلاَهُ فَإِنْ أَبَى مَوْلاَهُ أَنْ يَفْتَدِيَهُ كَانَ لِلْحُرِّ اَلْمَجْرُوحِ مِنَ اَلْعَبْدِ بِقَدْرِ دِيَةِ جِرَاحَتِهِ وَ اَلْبَاقِي لِلْمَوْلَى يُبَاعُ اَلْعَبْدُ فَيَأْخُذُ اَلْمَجْرُوحُ حَقَّهُ وَ يُرَدُّ اَلْبَاقِي عَلَى اَلْمَوْلَى ".
Imam Abu Abdullah (a.s) was asked about a slave who injured a free man. Imam (a.s) said: "If the free man wishes, he may take retribution (qisas) from him, and if he wishes, he may take the slave if the injury is severe enough to warrant his execution. If the injury does not warrant execution, then the slave's master must pay compensation (diyyah). If the master refuses to pay the compensation, then the injured free man has a right over the slave equivalent to the diyyah of his injury, and the rest belongs to the master. The slave is then sold, the injured party takes his due, and the remainder is returned to the master."