وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ، مَوْلَى عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ قُدَامَةَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ مَرْوَانَ، أَقَادَ وَلِيَّ رَجُلٍ مِنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَهُ بِعَصًا فَقَتَلَهُ وَلِيُّهُ بِعَصًا ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَالأَمْرُ الْمُجْتَمَعُ عَلَيْهِ الَّذِي لاَ اخْتِلاَفَ فِيهِ عِنْدَنَا أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا ضَرَبَ الرَّجُلَ بِعَصًا أَوْ رَمَاهُ بِحَجَرٍ أَوْ ضَرَبَهُ عَمْدًا فَمَاتَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ هُوَ الْعَمْدُ وَفِيهِ الْقِصَاصُ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ فَقَتْلُ الْعَمْدِ عِنْدَنَا أَنْ يَعْمِدَ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ فَيَضْرِبَهُ حَتَّى تَفِيظَ نَفْسُهُ وَمِنَ الْعَمْدِ أَيْضًا أَنْ يَضْرِبَ الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ فِي النَّائِرَةِ تَكُونُ بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْهُ وَهُوَ حَىٌّ فَيُنْزَى فِي ضَرْبِهِ فَيَمُوتُ فَتَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْقَسَامَةُ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ الأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا أَنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ فِي الْعَمْدِ الرِّجَالُ الأَحْرَارُ بِالرَّجُلِ الْحُرِّ الْوَاحِدِ وَالنِّسَاءُ بِالْمَرْأَةِ كَذَلِكَ وَالْعَبِيدُ بِالْعَبْدِ كَذَلِكَ ‏.‏

Yahya related to me from Malik from Umar ibn Husayn, the mawla ofA'isha bint Qudama, that Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan imposed retaliationagainst a man who killed a mawla with a stick and so the mawla'spatron killed the man with a stick. Malik said, "Thegenerally agreed on way of doing things in our community about whichthere is no dispute is that when a man strikes another man with astick or hits him with a rock or intentionally strikes him causing hisdeath, that is an intentional injury and there is retaliation for it." Malik said, "Intentional murder with us is that a manintentionally goes to a man and strikes him until his life goes. Partof intentional injury also is that a man strikes a man in a quarrelbetween them. He leaves him while he is alive, and he bleeds to deathand so dies. There is retaliation for that." Malik said,"What is done in our community is that a group of free men are killedfor the intentional murder of one free man, and a group of women forone woman, and a group of slaves for one slave." Translation Not Available

Book Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 43 Hadith 1595
Web Ref:  Muwatta Imam Malik Book 43 Hadith 15