Hadith 268
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Hadith.5238 - Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) ruled in the case of a man who commanded his servant to kill another man.
Imam (as) said: "Is not a man's servant like his sword and his whip? The master shall be executed for the crime, and the servant shall be imprisoned until he dies."
5238 - : "وَ قَضَى عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي رَجُلٍ أَمَرَ عَبْدَهُ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ رَجُلاً فَقَالَ "وَ هَلْ عَبْدُ اَلرَّجُلِ إِلاَّ كَسَيْفِهِ وَ سَوْطِهِ يُقْتَلُ اَلسَّيِّدُ بِهِ وَ يُسْتَوْدَعُ اَلْعَبْدُ اَلسِّجْنَ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ" ".
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