حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا
الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، عَنْ
شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ
حُصَيْنٍ، عَنْ
هِلَالِ بْنِ يَسَافٍ، عَنْ
سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ، قَالَ : " لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا سَبْعَةَ إِخْوَةٍ مَا لَنَا خَادِمٌ إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ ، فَلَطَمَهَا أَحَدُنَا ، فَأَمَرَنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ نُعْتِقَهَا " قَالَ : وَفِي الْبَاب ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ، وَقَدْ رَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ ، عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، فَذَكَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ : " لَطَمَهَا عَلَى وَجْهِهَا " .
´Narrated Suwaid bin Muqarrin Al-Muzani:` "We were seven brothers without a servant except one, and one of us slapped her, so the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered us to free her."
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.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5166