الادب المفرد
Al-Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Good Treatment of Servants
بَابُ يُطْعِمُ الْعَبْدَ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُChapter: Feed the Slave from What You Eat
Hadith 199
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ مُبَشِّرٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُوصِي بِالْمَمْلُوكِينَ خَيْرًا وَيَقُولُ: ”أَطْعِمُوهُمْ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ، وَأَلْبِسُوهُمْ مِنْ لَبُوسِكُمْ، وَلاَ تُعَذِّبُوا خَلْقَ اللهِ.“
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to advise kindness and good treatment towards slaves and would say: "Feed them with what you eat yourself, and clothe them with what you wear yourself, and do not torment the creation of Allah."
