حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ وَأَبُو کَامِلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ فِرَاسٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ذَکْوَانَ عَنْ زَاذَانَ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ وَقَدْ أَعْتَقَ مَمْلُوکًا لَهُ فَأَخَذَ مِنْ الْأَرْضِ عُودًا أَوْ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ مَا لِي فِيهِ مِنْ الْأَجْرِ مَا يَسْوَی هَذَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ لَطَمَ مَمْلُوکَهُ أَوْ ضَرَبَهُ فَکَفَّارَتُهُ أَنْ يُعْتِقَهُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 5168
Zadhan said: I came to Ibn Umar when he set his slave free. He took a stick or something else from the earth and said; for me there is no reward even equivalent to this. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If anyone slaps or beats his slave the atonement due from him is to set him free.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020