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abudawud:4975 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Ayyūb And Ḥabīb b. al-Shahīd Wahishām > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: None of you must say: "My slave" (abdi) and "My slave-woman" (amati), and a slave must not say: "My lord" (rabbi or rabbati). The master (of a slave) should say: "My young man" (fataya) and "My young woman" (fatati), and a slave should say "My master" (sayyidi) and "My mistress" (sayyidati), for you are all (Allah's slave and the Lord is Allah, Most High.  

أبو داود:٤٩٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ وَحَبِيبِ بْنِ الشَّهِيدِ وَهِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ عَبْدِي وَأَمَتِي وَلاَ يَقُولَنَّ الْمَمْلُوكُ رَبِّي وَرَبَّتِي وَلْيَقُلِ الْمَالِكُ فَتَاىَ وَفَتَاتِي وَلْيَقُلِ الْمَمْلُوكُ سَيِّدِي وَسَيِّدَتِي فَإِنَّكُمُ الْمَمْلُوكُونَ وَالرَّبُّ اللَّهُ ﷻ  

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ahmad:9451 – Ghassān b. al-Rabīʿ > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ayyūb > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: None of you must say: "My slave" (abdi) and "My slave-woman" (amati), and a slave must not say: "My lord" (rabbi or rabbati). The master (of a slave) should say: "My young man" (fataya) and "My young woman" (fatati), and a slave should say "My master" (sayyidi) and "My mistress" (sayyidati), for you are all (Allah's slave and the Lord is Allah, Most High. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4975)   

أحمد:٩٤٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا غَسَّانُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ عَبْدِي وَأَمَتِي وَلَا يَقُولَنَّ الْمَمْلُوكُ رَبِّي وَرَبَّتِي لِيَقُلِ الْمَالِكُ فَتَايَ وَفَتَاتِي وَلْيَقُلِ الْمَمْلُوكُ سَيِّدِي وَسَيِّدَتِي فَإِنَّهُمُ الْمَمْلُوكُونَ وَالرَّبُّ اللهُ ﷻ  

nasai-kubra:10001 – Muḥammad b. Khalaf al-ʿAsqalānī > al-Ḥasan b. Bilāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ayyūb And Hishām Waḥabīb > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: None of you must say: "My slave" (abdi) and "My slave-woman" (amati), and a slave must not say: "My lord" (rabbi or rabbati). The master (of a slave) should say: "My young man" (fataya) and "My young woman" (fatati), and a slave should say "My master" (sayyidi) and "My mistress" (sayyidati), for you are all (Allah's slave and the Lord is Allah, Most High. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4975)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٠٠١ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ الْعَسْقَلَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ وَهِشَامٍ وَحَبِيبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ عَبْدِي وَأَمَتِي وَلَا يَقُلِ الْمَمْلُوكُ رَبِّي وَرَبَّتِي وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلِ الْمَالِكُ فَتَايَ وَفَتَاتِي وَالْمَمْلُوكُ سَيِّدِي وَسَيِّدَتِي فَإِنَّكُمُ الْمَمْلُوكُونَ وَالرَّبُّ اللهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى  

adab:210 –

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "None of you should say 'my slave ('abdi or amati)' and a slave should not say, 'my lord (rabbi or rabbati)'. They should say, 'my boy' or 'my girl' (fatayi and fatati) and 'my master' or 'mistress' (sayyidi and sayyidati)'. All of you are slaves, and the Lord is Allah, Almighty and Exalted."  

الأدب المفرد:٢١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ وَحَبِيبٍ وَهِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ عَبْدِي وَأَمَتِي وَلاَ يَقُولَنَّ الْمَمْلُوكُ رَبِّي وَرَبَّتِي وَلْيَقُلْ فَتَايَ وَفَتَاتِي وَسَيِّدِي وَسَيِّدَتِي كُلُّكُمْ مَمْلُوكُونَ وَالرَّبُّ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ  

suyuti:26478a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٢٦٤٧٨a –

"لا يَقولَنَّ أحَدُكُمْ: عَبْدي أوْ أمَتِي، وَلَا يَقُولَنَّ المَمْلُوكُ: ربِّي وَرَبَّتِي، وَلِيَقُلْ المَالِكُ: فَتَاي وَفَتَاتِي، وَليَقُلِ المَمْلُوكُ: سَيِّدِي وَسَيِّدَتِي؛ فَإِنَّكُمْ المَمْلوكونَ، وَالربُّ اللهُ ﷻ".  

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