(30) باب النَّهْىِ عَنْ ضَرْبِ الْخَدَمِ، وَشَتْمِهِمْ
Abu Mas'ud [Al-Ansari] said:
"I was beating a slave of mine and I heard someone behind me saying: 'Beware O Abu Mas'ud! Beware O Abu Mas'ud!' So I turned around and saw that it was the Messenger of Allah. He said: 'Allah has more power over you than you do over him." Abu Mas'ud said: "I have not beaten any slave of mine since then." (ES)
Reference (ES): Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1948 (ES)
In-book reference (ES): Book 27, Hadith 54 (ES)
English translation (ES): Vol. 4, Book 1, Hadith 1948 (ES)