[Machine] That a poor man had cut off the ear of a slave belonging to rich people. So his family came to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, we are poor people, so he did not impose any punishment on him." The Shaykh, may Allah have mercy on him, said, "If the mentioned boy refers to the slave, then there is a consensus among the people of knowledge that the crime of the slave is an indication of his guilt, and Allah knows best, that the crime was a mistake and the Prophet, ﷺ , did not impose any punishment on him because he took the responsibility for his crime and gave compensation for it voluntarily. Abu Sulayman al-Khattabi, may Allah have mercy on him, said that the offender was a free man and the crime was a mistake, and his family was poor, so he did not impose any punishment on them, either because of their poverty or because they did not realize the seriousness of the crime committed by the slave if he was owned by someone. Allah knows best." The Shaykh, may Allah have mercy on him, said, "And it could be that the offender was a free boy who was not of legal age, and his crime was intentional, so no penalty was imposed on his family either because of their poverty or because he did not see them responsible for his actions. And he was poor, so he was not imposed upon at that moment. Or the Prophet saw them as poor, so he did not impose upon them because his crime was judged as a mistake, and he did not impose upon them because they were poor, and Allah knows best."  

أَنَّ غُلَامًا لِأُنَاسٍ فُقَرَاءَ قَطَعَ أُذُنَ غُلَامٍ لِأُنَاسٍ أَغْنِيَاءَ فَأَتَى أَهْلُهُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا أُنَاسٌ فُقَرَاءُ فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ إِنْ كَانَ الْمُرَادُ بِالْغُلَامِ الْمَذْكُورِ فِيهِ الْمَمْلُوكَ فَإِجْمَاعُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ عَلَى أَنَّ جِنَايَةَ الْعَبْدِ فِي رَقَبَتِهِ يَدُلُّ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ عَلَى أَنَّ الْجِنَايَةَ كَانَتْ خَطَأً وَأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِنَّمَا لَمْ يَجْعَلْ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا؛ لِأَنَّهُ الْتَزَمَ أَرْشَ جِنَايَتِهِ فَأَعْطَاهُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ مُتَبَرِّعًا بِذَلِكَ وَقَدْ حَمَلَهُ أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ الْخَطَّابِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ عَلَى أَنَّ الْجَانِيَ كَانَ حُرًّا وَكَانَتِ الْجِنَايَةُ خَطَأً وَكَانَ عَاقِلَتُهُ فُقَرَاءَ فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ شَيْئًا إِمَّا لِفَقْرِهِمْ وَإِمَّا لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ الْجِنَايَةَ الْوَاقِعَةَ عَلَى الْعَبْدِ إِنْ كَانَ الْمَجْنِيُّ عَلَيْهِ مَمْلُوكًا وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَقَدْ يَكُونُ الْجَانِي غُلَامًا حُرًّا غَيْرَ بَالِغٍ وَكَانَتْ جِنَايَتُهُ عَمْدًا فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ أَرْشَهَا عَلَى عَاقِلَتِهِ وَكَانَ فَقِيرًا فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْهُ فِي الْحَالِ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ رَآهُ عَلَى عَاقِلَتِهِ فَوَجَدَهُمْ فُقَرَاءَ فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْهُ عَلَيْهِ لِكَوْنِ جِنَايَتِهِ فِي حُكْمِ الْخَطَأِ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِكَوْنِهِمْ فُقَرَاءَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ