Chapter on Offenses Committed by Slaves

If a slave wounds a free person or destroys someone’s property, the slave is held in pledge for the offense. His owner may not sell him unless the owner is solvent and undertakes full liability. In that situation the owner may either hand the slave over in settlement for the damage, or ransom him by paying the full diya for the injury, or, in the case of consumed property, by paying its value.

Should the free victim choose to pardon, he has no right to retributive retaliation (qiṣāṣ) against the slave—except where the slave has intentionally killed him, in which case the slave is put to death. For anything short of homicide, no retaliation is carried out.

If the owner sells the slave after the offense, the injured party may either ratify the sale