Hadith 36868

Chapter 93

باب 93

(93) بَابُ مَنْ لَطَمَ عَبْدَهُ فَلْيُعْتِقْهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ إِيجَابٍ

(93) Chapter: Someone who slaps his slave should free him even
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حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ لِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ: مَا اسْمُكَ؟ فَقُلْتُ: شُعْبَةُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ، وَرَأَى رَجُلاً لَطَمَ غُلاَمَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ الصُّورَةَ مُحَرَّمَةٌ؟ رَأَيْتُنِي وَإِنِّي سَابِعُ سَبْعَةِ إِخْوَةٍ، عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، مَا لَنَا إِلاَّ خَادِمٌ، فَلَطَمَهُ أَحَدُنَا، فَأَمَرَنَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ نُعْتِقَهُ.


Shu'ba said, "Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir said to me, 'What is yourname?' I replied, 'Shu'ba.' He said, 'Abu Shu'ba related to me that whenSuwayd ibn Muqarrin al-Muzani saw a man strike his slave, he said. 'Doyou not know that the face is forbidden? In the time of the Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, we were seven brothersand we only had one servant. Then one of us slapped him (sic.) and theProphet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, commanded that we sethim free.'"

Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 179

In-book reference: Book 9, Hadith 24

English translation: Book 9, Hadith 179