Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 94
Abu Mas’ud Al-Badri (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I was beating my slave with a whip when I heard a voice behind me which said: “Abu Mas’ud! Bear in mind…” I did not recognize the voice for the intense anger I was in. Abu Mas’ud added: As he came near me, I found that he was the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who was saying, “Abu Mas’ud! Bear in mind that Allah has more dominance upon you than you have upon your slave.” Then I said: “I will never beat any slave in future.”Another narration is: The whip dropped from my hand in awe of the Prophet (ﷺ).Still another narration is: I said: “He is free for the sake of Allah.” He (ﷺ) said, “If you had not done this, you would have been singed by the Fire.”.
وعن أبي مسعود البدري رضي الله عنه قال: ”كنتُ أضرب غلامًا لي بالوسط، فسمعت صوتًا من خلفي: ”اعلم أبا مسعود” فلم أفهم الصوت من الغضب، فلما دنا مني إذا هو رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فإذا هو يقول: ”اعلم أبا مسعود أن الله أقدرُ عليك منك على هذا الغلام” فقلت: لا أضرب مملوكًا بعده أبدًا.
((وفي رواية: فسقط السوط من يدي من هيبته))
((وفي رواية: فقلت: يارسول الله هو حر لوجه الله تعالى، فقال: ”أما لو لم تفعل، للفحتك النار، أو لمستك النار” ((رواه مسلم بهذه الروايات)).
((وفي رواية: فسقط السوط من يدي من هيبته))
((وفي رواية: فقلت: يارسول الله هو حر لوجه الله تعالى، فقال: ”أما لو لم تفعل، للفحتك النار، أو لمستك النار” ((رواه مسلم بهذه الروايات)).
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 94
Riyad as-Salihin, The Gardens of the Righteous is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi in the 12th century. The work was composed over a 44 year period and consists of around 1900 hadith split into 20 books.
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