Hadith 27951

Chapter 3

باب 3

(3) باب حُكْمِ إِطْلاَقِ لَفْظَةِ الْعَبْدِ وَالأَمَةِ وَالْمَوْلَى وَالسَّيِّدِ

(3) Chapter: Ruling On Using The Words 'Abd And Amah (For Slaves) And Mawla And Sayyid (For Masters)
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وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي، هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ عَبْدِي . فَكُلُّكُمْ عَبِيدُ اللَّهِ وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلْ فَتَاىَ . وَلاَ يَقُلِ الْعَبْدُ رَبِّي . وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلْ سَيِّدِي " .

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
None of you should say: My bondman, for all of you are the bondmen of Allah, but say: My young man, and the servant should not say: My Lord, but should say: My chief.

Reference: Sahih Muslim 2249 b

In-book reference: Book 40, Hadith 14

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 27, Hadith 5592