Sunan Abi Dawud · (Abwab Un Noam )
باب فِي حَقِّ الْمَمْلُوكِ
Chapter: Regarding the rights of slaves.
13 hadith · references 5156–5168
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Abu Dawud · 5156كَانَ آخِرُ كَلَامِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الصَّلَاةَ الصَّلَاةَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ فِيمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْNarrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: The last words which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke were: Prayer, prayer; fear Allah about those whom your right hands possess.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5157رَأَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ بِالرَّبَذَةِ وَعَلَيْهِ بُرْدٌ غَلِيظٌ وَعَلَى غُلَامِهِ مِثْلُهُ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ : يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ ، لَوْ كُنْتَ أَخَذْتَ الَّذِي عَلَى غُلَامِكَ فَجَعَلْتَهُ مَعَ هَذَا فَكَانَتْ حُلَّMarur bin Suwaid said: I saw Abu Dharr at Rabadhah. He was wearing a thick cloak, and his slave also wore a similar one. He said: the people said: Abu Dharr! (it would be better) if you could take the cloak which your sl5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5158إِخْوَانُكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ ، فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدَيْهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ وَلْيَكْسُهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ وَلَا يُكَلِّفْهُ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ ، فَإِنْ كَلَّفَهُ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ فَMarur bin Suwaid said: We called on Abu Dharr at al-Rabadhah. He wore a cloak and his slave also wore a similar one. We said; Abu Dharr! If you took the cloak of your slave and combined it with your cloak, so that it cou5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5159كُنْتُ أَضْرِبُ غُلَامًا لِي ، فَسَمِعْتُ مِنْ خَلْفِي صَوْتًا اعْلَمْ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ ، قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى مَرَّتَيْنِ : لَلَّهُ أَقْدَرُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْكَ عَلَيْهِ , فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا هُوَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّAbu Masud al-Ansari said: when I was beating a servant of mine, I heard a voice behind me saying: know, Abu Masud-Ibn al-Muthanna said: “twice”-that Allah has more power over you than you have over him. I turned round an8 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 5160حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ نَحْوَهُ ، قَالَ : كُنْتُ أَضْرِبُ غُلَامًا لِي أَسْوَدَ بِالسَّوْطِ ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَمْرَ الْعَتْقِ . The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by al-Amash in a similar way to same way to the same effect through a different chain of narrators.3 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5161مَنْ لَاءَمَكُمْ مِنْ مَمْلُوكِيكُمْ ، فَأَطْعِمُوهُ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ وَاكْسُوهُ مِمَّا تَلْبَسُونَ ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يُلَائِمْكُمْ مِنْهُمْ فَبِيعُوهُ ، وَلَا تُعَذِّبُوا خَلْقَ اللَّهِNarrated Abu Dharr: The Prophet ﷺ said: Feed those of your slaves who please you from what you eat and clothe them with what you clothe yourselves, but sell those who do not please you and do not punish Allah's creatures6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5162حُسْنُ الْمَلَكَةِ يُمْنٌ ، وَسُوءُ الْخُلُقِ شُؤْمٌNarrated Rafi ibn Makith: The Prophet ﷺ said: Treating those under one's authority will produce prosperity, but an evil nature produces evil fortune.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5163حُسْنُ الْمَلَكَةِ يُمْنٌ ، وَسُوءُ الْخُلُقِ شُؤْمٌNarrated Rafi ibn Makith: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Treating those under one's authority well produces prosperity, but an evil nature produces evil fortune.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5164يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، كَمْ نَعْفُو عَنِ الْخَادِمِ ؟ فَصَمَتَ ، ثُمَّ أَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ الْكَلَامَ ، فَصَمَتَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ ، قَالَ : اعْفُوا عَنْهُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةًNarrated Abdullah ibn Umar: A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked: Messenger of Allah! how often shall I forgive a servant? He gave no reply, so the man repeated what he had said, but he still kept silence. When he asked6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5165مَنْ قَذَفَ مَمْلُوكَهُ وَهُوَ بَرِيءٌ مِمَّا قَالَ ، جُلِدَ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَدًّاAbu Hurairah said: Abu al-Qasim, the Prophet of Atonement ﷺ said to me: If anyone reviles his slave when he is innocent of what he said, he will be beaten on the Day of Resurrection. The transmitter Mu'ammal said: 'Isa n9 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 5166كُنَّا نُزُولًا فِي دَارِ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ وَفِينَا شَيْخٌ فِيهِ حِدَّةٌ وَمَعَهُ جَارِيَةٌ لَهُ ، فَلَطَمَ وَجْهَهَا ، فَمَا رَأَيْتُ سُوَيْدًا أَشَدَّ غَضَبًا مِنْهُ ذَاكَ الْيَوْمَ ، قَالَ : عَجَزَ عَلَيْكَ إHilal bin Yasaf said: We were staying in the house of Suwaid bin Muqarrin. There was among us an old man who was hot-tempered. He had a slave-girl with him. He gave a slap on her face. I never saw Suwaid more angry than 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5167لَطَمْتُ مَوْلًى لَنَا ، فَدَعَاهُ أَبِي وَدَعَانِي ، فَقَالَ : اقْتَصَّ مِنْهُ ، فَإِنَّا مَعْشَرَ بَنِي مُقَرِّنٍ كُنَّا سَبْعَةً عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَيْسَ لَنَا إِلَّا خَادِمNarrated Muawiyah ibn Suwayd ibn Muqarrin: I slapped a freed slave of ours. My father called him and me and said: Take retaliation on him. We, the people of Banu Muqarrin, were seven during the time of the Prophet ﷺ, and6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5168حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ , وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ , قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ فِرَاسٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ذَكْوَانَ ، عَنْ زَاذَانَ ، قَالَ : أَتَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ وَقَدْ أَعْتَقَ مَمْلُوكًا لَهُ فَأَZadhan said: I came to Ibn Umar when he set his slave free. He took a stick or something else from the earth and said; for me there is no reward even equivalent to this. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If anyone sl7 narrators