صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب القسامةThe Book of Oaths
باب صُحْبَةِ الْمَمَالِيكِ وَكَفَّارَةِ مَنْ لَطَمَ عَبْدَهُ:Chapter: Treatment of slaves, and the expiation of one who slaps his slave
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ ، قَالَ : " لَطَمْتُ مَوْلًى لَنَا ، فَهَرَبْتُ ثُمَّ جِئْتُ قُبَيْلَ الظُّهْرِ ، فَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي فَدَعَاهُ وَدَعَانِي ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : امْتَثِلْ مِنْهُ فَعَفَا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : كُنَّا بَنِي مُقَرِّنٍ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْسَ لَنَا إِلَّا خَادِمٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ، فَلَطَمَهَا أَحَدُنَا فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ : أَعْتِقُوهَا ، قَالُوا : لَيْسَ لَهُمْ خَادِمٌ غَيْرُهَا ، قَالَ : " ، فَإِذَا اسْتَغْنَوْا عَنْهَا فَلْيُخَلُّوا سَبِيلَهَا " .
Mu'awiyah bin Suwaid reported: I slapped a slave belonging to us and then fled away. I came back just before noon and offered prayer behind my father. He called him (the slave) and me and said: Do as he has done to you. He granted pardon. He (my father) then said: We belonged to the family of Muqarrin during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him, and had only one slave-girl and one of us slapped her. This news reached Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and he said: Set her free. They (the members of the family) said: There is no other servant except she. Thereupon he said: Then employ her and when you can afford to dispense with her services, then set her free.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
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
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
