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ahmad:10603 – Yazīd > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīnaʿan Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should say, 'my slave' or 'my slave girl,' but should say, 'my boy' or 'my girl.'"  

أحمد:١٠٦٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ عَبْدِي أَمَتِي وَلْيَقُلْ فَتَايَ وَفَتَاتِي  

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ahmad:10368 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Hishām > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "One of you should not say, 'my slave boy' or 'my slave girl.' Instead, say 'my young man' or 'my young woman.'"  

أحمد:١٠٣٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ عَبْدِي أَمَتِي لِيَقُلْ فَتَايَ وَفَتَاتِي