حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَی بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ الْمَعْرُورِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ دَخَلْنَا عَلَی أَبِي ذَرٍّ بِالرَّبَذَةِ فَإِذَا عَلَيْهِ بُرْدٌ وَعَلَی غُلَامِهِ مِثْلُهُ فَقُلْنَا يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ لَوْ أَخَذْتَ بُرْدَ غُلَامِکَ إِلَی بُرْدِکَ فَکَانَتْ حُلَّةً وَکَسَوْتَهُ ثَوْبًا غَيْرَهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِخْوَانُکُمْ جَعَلَهُمْ اللَّهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيکُمْ فَمَنْ کَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدَيْهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْکُلُ وَلْيَکْسُهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ وَلَا يُکَلِّفْهُ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ فَإِنْ کَلَّفَهُ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ فَلْيُعِنْهُ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد رَوَاهُ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ نَحْوَهُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 5158
Marur bin Suwaid said: We called on Abu Dharr at al-Rabadhah. He wore a cloak and his slave also wore a similar one. We said; Abu Dharr! If you took the cloak of your slave and combined it with your cloak, so that it could be a part of garments (hullah) and clothed him in another garment, (it would be better). He said; I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say; They are your brethren. Allah has put them under your authority; so he who has his brother under his authority must feed him from what he eats and clothe him with what he wears, and not impose on him work which is too much for him, but if he does so, he must help him. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Numair transmitted it from al-Amash in a similar way.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020