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abudawud:4786Musaddad > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

the Messenger of Allah (saws ) never struck a servant or a woman.  

أبو داود:٤٧٨٦حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

مَا ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَادِمًا وَلاَ امْرَأَةً قَطُّ  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:1984Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah never beat any of his servants, or wives, and his hand never hit anything."  

ابن ماجة:١٩٨٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَادِمًا لَهُ وَلاَ امْرَأَةً وَلاَ ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ شَيْئًا