سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
أبواب النوم(Abwab Un Noam )
باب فِي حَقِّ الْمَمْلُوكِChapter: Regarding the rights of slaves.
Hadith 5166
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ ، عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ ، عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يَسَافٍ ، قَالَ : " كُنَّا نُزُولًا فِي دَارِ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ وَفِينَا شَيْخٌ فِيهِ حِدَّةٌ وَمَعَهُ جَارِيَةٌ لَهُ ، فَلَطَمَ وَجْهَهَا ، فَمَا رَأَيْتُ سُوَيْدًا أَشَدَّ غَضَبًا مِنْهُ ذَاكَ الْيَوْمَ ، قَالَ : عَجَزَ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا حُرُّ وَجْهِهَا ، لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا سَابِعَ سَبْعَةٍ مِنْ وَلَدِ مُقَرِّنٍ ، وَمَا لَنَا إِلَّا خَادِمٌ ، فَلَطَمَ أَصْغَرُنَا وَجْهَهَا ، فَأَمَرَنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِعِتْقِهَا " .
Hilal bin Yasaf said: We were staying in the house of Suwaid bin Muqarrin. There was among us an old man who was hot-tempered. He had a slave-girl with him. He gave a slap on her face. I never saw Suwaid more angry than on that day. He said: there is no alternative for you except to free her. I was the seventh child in order of Muqarrin and we had only a female servant. The youngest of us gave a slap on her face. The prophet ﷺ commanded us to set her free.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Striking the face is strictly prohibited.
And the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) has forbidden this.
His (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) noble statement is:
(“If one of you fights his brother, let him avoid the face.”) (Sahih Muslim, Al-Birr wa al-Silah, Hadith: 2612)
When any of you has a fight with his (Muslim) brother, he should avoid (striking) his face.
Even the face of an animal should not be struck.
Striking the face is strictly prohibited.
And the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) has forbidden this.
His (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) noble statement is:
(“If one of you fights his brother, let him avoid the face.”) (Sahih Muslim, Al-Birr wa al-Silah, Hadith: 2612)
When any of you has a fight with his (Muslim) brother, he should avoid (striking) his face.
Even the face of an animal should not be struck.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5166
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: This was the noble character of the Companions (radi Allahu anhum) that, merely for having slapped someone, they said to their slave, "Do to me as I did to you." Even though, in such situations, mere reprimand and admonition would have sufficed. And the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) also taught the Companions (radi Allahu anhum) a lesson: that they should not treat them (slaves) with oppression and excess, nor resort to beating without reason. And if they do so, then they should set the slave free, so that such an act is not repeated with any other slave.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 4301
