[Machine] A Muslim man killed a man from the people of the dhimma in Sham. The case was brought to Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah who wrote about it to Umar ibn al-Khattab. Umar wrote back, "If this is his character, then execute him and strike his neck. But if it was just an accident, then grant him four thousand dirhams."
أَنَّ رَجُلًا مُسْلِمًا قَتَلَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ بِالشَّامِ فَرُفِعَ إِلَى أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ ؓ فَكَتَبَ فِيهِ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَكَتَبَ عُمَرُ ؓ إِنْ كَانَ ذَاكَ مِنْهُ خُلُقًا فَقَدِّمْهُ وَاضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ هِيَ طَيْرَةً طَارَهَا فَأَغْرِمْهُ أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافٍ