Hadith 36988

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 آدَمُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حُصَيْنٌ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ هِلاَلَ بْنَ يَسَافٍ يَقُولُ: كُنَّا نَبِيعُ الْبَزَّ فِي دَارِ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ، فَخَرَجَتْ جَارِيَةٌ فَقَالَتْ لِرَجُلٍ شَيْئًا، فَلَطَمَهَا ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ سُوَيْدُ بْنُ مُقَرِّنٍ: أَلَطَمْتَ وَجْهَهَا؟ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي سَابِعَ سَبْعَةٍ وَمَا لَنَا إِلاَّ خَادِمٌ، فَلَطَمَهَا بَعْضُنَا، فَأَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يُعْتِقُهَا.


Hilal ibn Yasaf said, "We used to sell linen in the house of Suwaydibn Muqarrin. A slavegirl came out and said something to one of the menand that man slapped her. Suwayd ibn Muqarrin asked him, 'Did you slapher face? We were seven and we only had a single servant. Then one of usslapped her and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, orderedhim to set her free.'"

Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 176

In-book reference: Book 9, Hadith 21

English translation: Book 9, Hadith 176