Hadith #174

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English Translation

Abu Musa reported that Allah's Apostle ﷺ was asked such things which he disapproved and when they persisted on asking him he felt enraged and then said to the people:Ask me what you wish to ask. Thereupon a person said: Who is my father? He said: Your father is Hudhafa. Then another person stood up and said: Allah's Messenger ﷺ, who is my father? He said: Your father is Salim, the freed slave of Shaiba. When 'Umar saw the signs of anger upon the face of Allah's Apostle ﷺ, he said: Allah's Messenger ﷺ, we ask repentance from Allah. And in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Abu Kuraib (the words are):" Allah's Messenger ﷺ, who is my father? He said: Your father is Salim, the freed slave of Shaiba