حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ الْمَعْرُورِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ بِالرَّبَذَةِ وَعَلَيْهِ بُرْدٌ غَلِيظٌ وَعَلَی غُلَامِهِ مِثْلُهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ لَوْ کُنْتَ أَخَذْتَ الَّذِي عَلَی غُلَامِکَ فَجَعَلْتَهُ مَعَ هَذَا فَکَانَتْ حُلَّةً وَکَسَوْتَ غُلَامَکَ ثَوْبًا غَيْرَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ إِنِّي کُنْتُ سَابَبْتُ رَجُلًا وَکَانَتْ أُمُّهُ أَعْجَمِيَّةً فَعَيَّرْتُهُ بِأُمِّهِ فَشَکَانِي إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِنَّکَ امْرُؤٌ فِيکَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ قَالَ إِنَّهُمْ إِخْوَانُکُمْ فَضَّلَکُمْ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَمَنْ لَمْ يُلَائِمْکُمْ فَبِيعُوهُ وَلَا تُعَذِّبُوا خَلْقَ اللَّهِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 5157
Marur bin Suwaid said: I saw Abu Dharr at Rabadhah. He was wearing a thick cloak, and his slave also wore a similar one. He said: the people said: Abu Dharr! (it would be better) if you could take the cloak which your slave wore, and you combined that with, and it would be a pair of garments (hullah) and you would clothe him with another garment. He said: Abu Dharr said: I abused a man whose mother was a non-Arab and I reviled him for his mother. He complained against me to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: Abu Dharr! You are a man who has a characteristic of pre-Islamic days. He said: they are your brethren; Allah has given you superiority over them; sell those who do not please you and do not punish Allah’s creatures.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020