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Sunan Abu Dawud 5160

Chapter: Regarding the rights of slaves

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 5160

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ نَحْوَهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَضْرِبُ غُلاَمًا لِي أَسْوَدَ بِالسَّوْطِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَمْرَ الْعِتْقِ ‏.‏

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by al-A’mash in a similar way to same way to the same effect through a different chain of narrators.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 5160, 5159).

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ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 5160
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 5160
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 5160

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 5159

when I was beating a servant of mine, I heard a voice behind me saying: know, Abu Mas’ud-Ibn al-Muthanna said: “twice”-that Allah has more power over you than you have over him. I turned round and saw that it was that it was the prophet (May peace be upon him). I said : Messenger of Allah! He is…

أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ لَلَفَعَتْكَ النَّارُ أَوْ ‏"‏ لَمَسَّتْكَ النَّارُ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Mas‘ūd al-Badrī

Also reported by… (1)
  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (14519)اعْلَمْ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ ، اعْلَمْ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ ، اعْلَمْ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ ، لَلَّهُ أَقْدَرُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْكَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَالْتَفَتُ فَإِذَا هُوَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، هُوَ حُرٌّ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : أَمَا لَوْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ لَلَفَعَتْكَ النَّارُ ، أَوْ لَمَسَّتْكَ ا

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Not graded Riyad as-Salihin 1604

I was beating my slave with a whip when I heard a voice behind me which said: "Abu Mas'ud! Bear in mind..." I did not recognize the voice for the intense anger I was in. Abu Mas'ud added: As he came near me, I found that he was the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who was saying, "Abu Mas'ud! Bear in mind…

وعن أبي مسعود البدري رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ ‏"‏كنتُ أضرب غلامًا لي بالوسط، فسمعت صوتًا من خلفي‏:‏ ‏"‏اعلم أبا مسعود‏"‏ فلم أفهم الصوت من الغضب، فلما دنا مني إذا هو رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فإذا هو يقول‏:‏ ‏"‏اعلم أبا…

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