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Then al-Hasan forgot this tradition, and he used to say: A free man is not to be killed for a slave.  

أبو داود:٤٥١٧حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ

عَنْ قَتَادَةَ بِإِسْنَادِ شُعْبَةَ مِثْلَهُ زَادَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَ نَسِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ لاَ يُقْتَلُ حُرٌّ بِعَبْدٍ