Is a slave executed if he kills a free person?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Wounds

Book 47 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

A slave is executed if he kills a free person. Furthermore, a slave is executed if he kills another slave because if he is executed for killing an equal, he is more certainly executed for killing one superior to him, in light of the general texts regarding this matter.