Hadith #29
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ بَيْنَا أَنَا أَضْرِبُ غُلَامًا لِي إِذْ سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مِنْ وَرَائِي اعْلَم
ْ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ ثَلَاثًا فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَلَّهُ أَقْدَرُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْكَ عَلَى هَذَا قَالَ فَحَلَفْتُ أَنْ لَا أَضْرِبَ مَمْلُوكًا أَبَدًا
English Translation
ʿAbd al-Razzāq narrated to us saying: Sufyān narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Ibrāhīm al-Taymī, from his father, from Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī رضي الله عنه, who said: While I was beating a slave of mine, I heard a voice from behind me: "Know, O Abū Masʿūd!" — three times. I turned around and there was the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, who said: "By Allāh, Allāh has more power over you than you have over this one." He said: So I swore that I would never beat a slave again.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 29
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16467
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52857