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Regarding The Rights Of Slaves

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Darussalam · Volume 5

40. THE BOOK OFETIQUETTE (AL-ADAB)

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الحديث: 5159 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 340

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5159. It was narrated from Abū Mu’āwiyah, from Al-A’mash, from Ibrāhīm At-Taimī, from his father that Abū Mas’ūd Al-Anṣārī said: “I was beating a slave of mine, when I heard a voice from behind me (saying): ‘Know, Abū Mas’ūd,’ – Ibn Al-Muthanna (one of the narrators) said: ‘twice’ – ‘that Allāh has more power over you than you have over him.’ I turned around, and saw the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, he is free, for the Face of Allāh.’ He said: ‘If you had not done that, the Fire would have burned you’ – or ‘touched you.’” (Saḥīḥ)

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5159 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ أَضْرِبُ غُلَامًا لِي، فَسَمِعْتُ مِنْ خَلْفِي صَوْتًا «اعْلَمْ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ» قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى: مَرَّتَيْنِ «لَلَّهُ أَقْدَرُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْكَ عَلَيْهِ» فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا هُوَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هُوَ حُرٌّ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى، قَالَ: «أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ لَلَفَعَتْكَ النَّارُ» أَوْ «لَمَسَّتْكَ النَّارُ»

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