حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ بِإِسْنَادِ شُعْبَةَ مِثْلَهُ زَادَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَ نَسِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَکَانَ يَقُولُ لَا يُقْتَلُ حُرٌّ بِعَبْدٍ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4517
Qatadah transmitted the tradition mentioned above through a chain of narrators like that of Shubah. This version adds: Then al-Hasan forgot this tradition, and he used to say: A free man is not to be killed for a slave.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
