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Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When one of you strikes his servant, let him avoid his face."

الأدب المفرد:١٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَجْلاَنَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي وَسَعِيدٌ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا ضَرَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ خَادِمَهُ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ

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bukhari:2559 – Muḥammad b. ʿUbaydullāh > Ibn Wahb > Mālik b. Anas > Ibn Fulān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If somebody fights (or beats somebody) then he should avoid the face."

البخاري:٢٥٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ فُلاَنٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ۔»

abudawud:4493 – Abū Kāmil > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿUmar / Ibn Abū Salamah from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: When one of you inflicts a beating, he should avoid striking the face.

أبو داود:٤٤٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا ضَرَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَتَّقِ الْوَجْهَ