اللؤلؤ والمرجان
Lu'lu' wal-Marjan
كتاب الألفاظ من الأدب وغيرهاBook of Expressions from Manners and Others
باب حكم إِطلاق لفظة العبد والأمة والمولى والسيد
Ruling on using the terms slave, maid, master, and lord
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Hadith 1451
1451 صحيح حديث أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنه، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لاَ يَقُلْ أَحَدُكُمْ أَطْعِمْ رَبَّكَ، وَضِّى رَبَّكَ، اسْقِ رَبَّكَ وَلْيَقُلْ سَيِّدِي، مَوْلاَيَ وَلاَ يَقُلْ أَحَدُكُمْ عَبْدِي، أَمَتِي وَلْيَقُلْ فَتَايَ وَفَتَاتِي وَغُلاَمِي
Narrated Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No person should say (to a slave or to anyone), "Feed your lord (meaning master), make your lord perform ablution, give your lord water to drink." Rather, one should only say, "My chief, my master." Similarly, no person should say, "My slave, my slave-girl," but rather should say, "My boy (servant), my girl (maid), my servant."
