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Sahih al-Bukhari 6050 (Book 78, Hadith 80) #5809
Kindness to Slaves and Servants

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the importance of treating slaves and servants with kindness, respect, and compassion.

Narrated Ma'rur: I saw Abu Dhar wearing a Burd (garment) and his slave too was wearing a Burd, so I said (to Abu Dhar), "If you take this (Burda of your slave) and wear it (along with yours), you will have a nice suit (costume) and you may give him another garment". Abu Dhar said, "There was a quarrel between me and another man whose mother was a non-Arab and I called her bad names. The man mentioned (complained about) me to the Prophet. The Prophet said, "Did you abuse so-and-so?" I said, "Yes" He said, "Did you call his mother bad names?" I said, "Yes". He said, "You still have the traits of (the Pre-lslamic period of) ignorance". I said".(Do I still have ignorance) even now in my old age?" He said, "Yes, they (slaves or servants) are your brothers, and Allah has put them under your command. So the one under whose hand Allah has put his brother, should feed him of what he eats, and give him dresses of what he wears, and should not ask him to do a thing beyond his capacity. And if at all he asks him to do a hard task, he should help him therein".
حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنِ الْمَعْرُورِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ بُرْدًا وَعَلَى غُلاَمِهِ بُرْدًا فَقُلْتُ لَوْ أَخَذْتَ هَذَا فَلَبِسْتَهُ كَانَتْ حُلَّةً، وَأَعْطَيْتَهُ ثَوْبًا آخَرَ‏.‏ فَقَالَ كَانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ رَجُلٍ كَلاَمٌ، وَكَانَتْ أُمُّهُ أَعْجَمِيَّةً، فَنِلْتُ مِنْهَا فَذَكَرَنِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ فَقَالَ لِي ‏"‏ أَسَابَبْتَ فُلاَنًا ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَفَنِلْتَ مِنْ أُمِّهِ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ فِيكَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ عَلَى حِينِ سَاعَتِي هَذِهِ مِنْ كِبَرِ السِّنِّ قَالَ ‏"‏ نَعَمْ، هُمْ إِخْوَانُكُمْ، جَعَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ، فَمَنْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ أَخَاهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ، وَلْيُلْبِسْهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ، وَلاَ يُكَلِّفُهُ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ، فَإِنْ كَلَّفَهُ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ فَلْيُعِنْهُ عَلَيْهِ

TOPICS
kindness  *  respect  *  compassion  *  slaves  *  servants  *  hilm  *  ihtiram  *  inaya  *  abdun  *  mamlukun

QUICK LESSONS:
Treating slaves/servants with kindness & respect; feeding & clothing them properly according to one's own means & ability ; helping those who are weaker than us if needed ; being humble even when one is older/more powerful than others around us .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith emphasizes the importance of treating slaves and servants with kindness, respect, and compassion. It was narrated by Ma'rur who saw Abu Dhar wearing a Burda garment while his slave was also wearing one. When Ma'rur suggested that Abu Dhar take his slave's Burda to make a nice suit for himself, Abu Dhar told him about an incident in which he had called someone's mother bad names. The Prophet then said that even though Abu Dhar was old at this point in time, he still had traits of ignorance from the pre-Islamic period due to his mistreatment of others. The Prophet then went on to explain that those under our command are our brothers whom Allah has put under our care; therefore we should feed them what we eat ourselves and give them clothes similar to what we wear ourselves without asking them to do anything beyond their capacity or strength. If they are asked to do something hard or difficult then we should help them in it as well.

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