و حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَرْحٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَنَّ بُکَيْرَ بْنَ الْأَشَجِّ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ الْعَجْلَانِ مَوْلَی فَاطِمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلْمَمْلُوکِ طَعَامُهُ وَکِسْوَتُهُ وَلَا يُکَلَّفُ مِنْ الْعَمَلِ إِلَّا مَا يُطِيقُ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 4316
Ma'rur b. Suwaid reported: I saw Abu Dharr wearing clothes, and his slave wearing similar ones. I asked him about it, and he narrated that he had abused a person during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upoe. him) and he reproached him for his mother. That person came to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and made mention of that to him. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: You are a person who has (remnants of) Ignorance in him. Your slaves are brothers of yours. Allah has placed them in your hand, and he who has his brother under him, he should feed him with what he eats, and dress him with what he dresses himself, and do not burden them beyond their capacities, and if you burden them, (beyond their capacities), then help them.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020