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muslim:1661cMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār And al-Lafẓ Ibn al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Wāṣil al-Aḥdab > al-Maʿrūr b. Sūwayd

I saw Abu Dharr wearing clothes, and his slave wearing similar ones. I asked him about it, and he narrated that he had abused a person during the lifetime of Messenger of Allah (may peace be upoe. him) and he reproached him for his mother. That person came to Allah's Apostle ﷺ and made mention of that to him. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: You are a person who has (remnants of) Ignorance in him. Your slaves are brothers of yours. Allah has placed them in your hand, and he who has his brother under him, he should feed him with what he eats, and dress him with what he dresses himself, and do not burden them beyond their capacities, and if you burden them, (beyond their capacities), then help them.  

مسلم:١٦٦١cحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ وَاصِلٍ الأَحْدَبِ عَنِ الْمَعْرُورِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ وَعَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ وَعَلَى غُلاَمِهِ مِثْلُهَا فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ سَابَّ رَجُلاً عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَعَيَّرَهُ بِأُمِّهِ قَالَ فَأَتَى الرَّجُلُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ فِيكَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ إِخْوَانُكُمْ وَخَوَلُكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدَيْهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ وَلْيُلْبِسْهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ وَلاَ تُكَلِّفُوهُمْ مَا يَغْلِبُهُمْ فَإِنْ كَلَّفْتُمُوهُمْ فَأَعِينُوهُمْ عَلَيْهِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:30Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > Wāṣil al-Aḥdab > al-Maʿrūr

At Ar-Rabadha I met Abu Dhar who was wearing a cloak, and his slave, too, was wearing a similar one. I asked about the reason for it. He replied, "I abused a person by calling his mother with bad names." The Prophet said to me, 'O Abu Dhar! Did you abuse him by calling his mother with bad names You still have some characteristics of ignorance. Your slaves are your brothers and Allah has put them under your command. So whoever has a brother under his command should feed him of what he eats and dress him of what he wears. Do not ask them (slaves) to do things beyond their capacity (power) and if you do so, then help them.' "  

البخاري:٣٠حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ وَاصِلٍ الأَحْدَبِ عَنِ الْمَعْرُورِ قَالَ

لَقِيتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ بِالرَّبَذَةِ وَعَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ وَعَلَى غُلاَمِهِ حُلَّةٌ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَابَبْتُ رَجُلاً فَعَيَّرْتُهُ بِأُمِّهِ فَقَالَ لِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَعَيَّرْتَهُ بِأُمِّهِ إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ فِيكَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ إِخْوَانُكُمْ خَوَلُكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ وَلْيُلْبِسْهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ وَلاَ تُكَلِّفُوهُمْ مَا يَغْلِبُهُمْ فَإِنْ كَلَّفْتُمُوهُمْ فَأَعِينُوهُمْ  

bukhari:2545Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Shuʿbah > Wāṣil al-Aḥdab > al-Maʿrūr b. Sūwayd > Raʾayt

I saw Abu Dhar Al-Ghifari wearing a cloak, and his slave, too, was wearing a cloak. We asked him about that (i.e. how both were wearing similar cloaks). He replied, "Once I abused a man and he complained of me to the Prophet ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ asked me, 'Did you abuse him by slighting his mother?' He added, 'Your slaves are your brethren upon whom Allah has given you authority. So, if one has one's brethren under one's control, one should feed them with the like of what one eats and clothe them with the like of what one wears. You should not overburden them with what they cannot bear, and if you do so, help them (in their hard job).  

البخاري:٢٥٤٥حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلٌ الأَحْدَبُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْمَعْرُورَ بْنَ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيَّ ؓ وَعَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ وَعَلَى غُلاَمِهِ حُلَّةٌ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَابَبْتُ رَجُلاً فَشَكَانِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَعَيَّرْتَهُ بِأُمِّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ إِخْوَانَكُمْ خَوَلُكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ وَلْيُلْبِسْهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ وَلاَ تُكَلِّفُوهُمْ مَا يَغْلِبُهُمْ فَإِنْ كَلَّفْتُمُوهُمْ مَا يَغْلِبُهُمْ فَأَعِينُوهُمْ  

bukhari:6050ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ from my father > al-Aʿmash > al-Maʿrūr > Abū Dhar

I saw Abu Dhar wearing a Burd (garment) and his slave too was wearing a Burd, so I said (to Abu Dhar), "If you take this (Burda of your slave) and wear it (along with yours), you will have a nice suit (costume) and you may give him another garment." Abu Dhar said, "There was a quarrel between me and another man whose mother was a non-Arab and I called her bad names. The man mentioned (complained about) me to the Prophet. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Did you abuse so-and-so?" I said, "Yes" He said, "Did you call his mother bad names?" I said, "Yes". He said, "You still have the traits of (the Pre-lslamic period of) ignorance." I said. "(Do I still have ignorance) even now in my old age?" He said, "Yes, they (slaves or servants) are your brothers, and Allah has put them under your command. So the one under whose hand Allah has put his brother, should feed him of what he eats, and give him dresses of what he wears, and should not ask him to do a thing beyond his capacity. And if at all he asks him to do a hard task, he should help him therein."  

البخاري:٦٠٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنِ الْمَعْرُورِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ بُرْدًا وَعَلَى غُلاَمِهِ بُرْدًا فَقُلْتُ لَوْ أَخَذْتَ هَذَا فَلَبِسْتَهُ كَانَتْ حُلَّةً وَأَعْطَيْتَهُ ثَوْبًا آخَرَ فَقَالَ كَانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ رَجُلٍ كَلاَمٌ وَكَانَتْ أُمُّهُ أَعْجَمِيَّةً فَنِلْتُ مِنْهَا فَذَكَرَنِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِي أَسَابَبْتَ فُلاَنًا قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَفَنِلْتَ مِنْ أُمِّهِ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ فِيكَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ قُلْتُ عَلَى حِينِ سَاعَتِي هَذِهِ مِنْ كِبَرِ السِّنِّ قَالَ نَعَمْ هُمْ إِخْوَانُكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فَمَنْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ أَخَاهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ وَلْيُلْبِسْهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ وَلاَ يُكَلِّفُهُ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ فَإِنْ كَلَّفَهُ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ فَلْيُعِنْهُ عَلَيْهِ  

muslim:1661aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > al-Maʿrūr b. Sūwayd

We went to Abu Dharr (Ghifari) in Rabadha and he had a mantle over him, and his slave had one like it. We said: Abu Dharr, had you joined them together, it would have been a complete garment. Thereupon he said: There was an altercation between me and one of the persons among my brothers. His mother was a non-Arab. I reproached him for his mother. He complained against me to Allah's Apostle ﷺ. As I met Allah's Apostle ﷺ he said: Abu Dharr, you are a person who still has (in him the remnants) of the days (of Ignorance). Thereupon I said: Messenger of Allah, he who abuses (other) persons, they abuse (in return) his father and mother. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Abu Dharr, you are a person who still has (the remnants) of Ignorance in him They (your servants and slaves) are your brothers. Allah has put them in your care, so feed them with what you eat, clothe them with what you wear. and do not burden them beyond their capacities; but if you burden them (with an unbearable burden), then help them (by sharing their extra burden).  

مسلم:١٦٦١aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنِ الْمَعْرُورِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ

مَرَرْنَا بِأَبِي ذَرٍّ بِالرَّبَذَةِ وَعَلَيْهِ بُرْدٌ وَعَلَى غُلاَمِهِ مِثْلُهُ فَقُلْنَا يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ لَوْ جَمَعْتَ بَيْنَهُمَا كَانَتْ حُلَّةً فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ إِخْوَانِي كَلاَمٌ وَكَانَتْ أَمُّهُ أَعْجَمِيَّةً فَعَيَّرْتُهُ بِأُمِّهِ فَشَكَانِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَقِيتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ فِيكَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ سَبَّ الرِّجَالَ سَبُّوا أَبَاهُ وَأُمُّهُ قَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ فِيكَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ هُمْ إِخْوَانُكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فَأَطْعِمُوهُمْ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ وَأَلْبِسُوهُمْ مِمَّا تَلْبَسُونَ وَلاَ تُكَلِّفُوهُمْ مَا يَغْلِبُهُمْ فَإِنْ كَلَّفْتُمُوهُمْ فَأَعِينُوهُمْ  

abudawud:5158Musaddad > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > al-Aʿmash > al-Maʿrūr b. Sūwayd

We called on Abu Dharr at al-Rabadhah. He wore a cloak and his slave also wore a similar one. We said; Abu Dharr! If you took the cloak of your slave and combined it with your cloak, so that it could be a part of garments (hullah) and clothed him in another garment, (it would be better). He said; I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) say; They are your brethren. Allah has put them under your authority; so he who has his brother under his authority must feed him from what he eats and clothe him with what he wears, and not impose on him work which is too much for him, but if he does so, he must help him. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Numair transmitted it from al-A'mash in a similar way.  

أبو داود:٥١٥٨حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنِ الْمَعْرُورِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ

دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ بِالرَّبَذَةِ فَإِذَا عَلَيْهِ بُرْدٌ وَعَلَى غُلاَمِهِ مِثْلُهُ فَقُلْنَا يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ لَوْ أَخَذْتَ بُرْدَ غُلاَمِكَ إِلَى بُرْدِكَ فَكَانَتْ حُلَّةً وَكَسَوْتَهُ ثَوْبًا غَيْرَهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِخْوَانُكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدَيْهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ وَلْيَكْسُهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ وَلاَ يُكَلِّفْهُ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ فَإِنْ كَلَّفَهُ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ فَلْيُعِنْهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَرَوَاهُ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ نَحْوَهُ
ahmad:21432Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Wāṣil al-Aḥdab > al-Maʿrūr b. Sūwayd > Ḥajjāj > al-Maʿrūr > Raʾayt Abū Dhar Waʿalayh Ḥullah > Ḥajjāj Bi-al-Rrabadhah Waʿalá Ghulāmih Mithluh > Ḥajjāj Marrah Ukhrá Fasaʾaltuh > Dhalik Fadhakar

[Machine] "He insulted a man's mother who was under the protection of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The man went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of what happened. The Prophet ﷺ told him, 'You are a man who still has traces of ignorance. Your brothers and relatives, Allah has made them under your care. So whoever has his brother under his care, let him provide him with food from what he himself eats, and clothe him with what he himself wears. Do not burden them with what overwhelms them. And if you burden them, then help them.'"  

أحمد:٢١٤٣٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ وَاصِلٍ الْأَحْدَبِ عَنْ الْمَعْرُورِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ سَمِعْتُ الْمَعْرُورَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ وَعَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ بِالرَّبَذَةِ وَعَلَى غُلَامِهِ مِثْلُهُ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَذَكَرَ

أَنَّهُ سَابَّ رَجُلًا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَيَّرَهُ بِأُمِّهِ قَالَ فَأَتَى الرَّجُلُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺفَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ فِيكَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ إِخْوَانُكُمْ خَوَلُكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ وَلْيَكْسُهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ وَلَا تُكَلِّفُوهُمْ مَا يَغْلِبُهُمْ فَإِنْ كَلَّفْتُمُوهُمْ فَأَعِينُوهُمْ عَلَيْهِ  

bayhaqi:15777Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Maḥmawayh al-ʿAskarī Bi-al-Baṣrah > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Qalānisī > Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Shuʿbah > Wāṣil al-Aḥdab > al-Maʿrūr b. Sūwayd > Raʾayt

I saw Abu Dhar Al-Ghifari wearing a cloak, and his slave, too, was wearing a cloak. We asked him about that (i.e. how both were wearing similar cloaks). He replied, "Once I abused a man and he complained of me to the Prophet ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ asked me, 'Did you abuse him by slighting his mother?' He added, 'Your slaves are your brethren upon whom Allah has given you authority. So, if one has one's brethren under one's control, one should feed them with the like of what one eats and clothe them with the like of what one wears. You should not overburden them with what they cannot bear, and if you do so, help them (in their hard job). (Using translation from Bukhārī 2545)   

البيهقي:١٥٧٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَحْمَوَيْهِ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ بِالْبَصْرَةِ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَلَانِسِيُّ ثنا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ ثنا وَاصِلٌ الْأَحْدَبُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْمَعْرُورَ بْنَ سُوَيْدٍ يَقُولُ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيَّ ؓ وَعَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ وَعَلَى غُلَامِهِ حُلَّةٌ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ

إِنِّي سَابَبْتُ رَجُلًا فَشَكَانِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَعَيَّرْتَهُ بِأُمِّهِ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي إِنَّ إِخْوَانَكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ وَلْيُلْبِسْهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ وَلَا تُكَلِّفُوهُمْ مَا يَغْلِبُهُمْ فَإِنْ كَلَّفْتُمُوهُمْ مَا يَغْلِبُهُمْ فَأَعِينُوهُمْ عَلَيْهِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ آدَمَ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ
suyuti:622-32bal-Mʿrwr b. Sūwayd > Marart
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السيوطي:٦٢٢-٣٢b

"عَنْ المعْرورِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ: مَرَرْتُ بِالرِّبْذَةِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ عَلَيْهِ بُرْدَةٌ وَعَلَى غُلَامِهِ أُخْتُهَا فَقَالَ (*) يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ: لَوْ جَمَعْتَ هَاتَيْنِ فَكَانَتْ حُلَّةً، فَقَالَ سَأُخْبِرُكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ إِنِّى سَابَبْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِى وكَانَتْ أُمُّهُ أَعْجَمَّيةً فنلت مِنْهَا، فَأَتَى النَّبِىَّ ﷺ لِيعْذِرَهُ مِنِّى، فَقَالَ النِّبىُّ ﷺ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِن فِيكَ جَاهِلِيَّةً، قُلتُ يَا رَسُولَ الله: أَعَلَى سِنِّى هذِهِ مِنْ الكِبَرِ، فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ امْرؤٌ فيكَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ، إِنَّهُمْ إِخْوَانُكُمْ جَعَلَهُم الله -تَعَالَى- فِتْنَةً لَكُمْ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ، فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَلْيُطعمهُ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ، وَلْيُلبِسْهُ مِنْ لِبَاسِهِ، وَلَا يُكَلِّفْهُ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ، فَإِنْ فَعَلَ فَلْيُعِنْهُ عَلَيْهِ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق
suyuti:622-83b
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السيوطي:٦٢٢-٨٣b

"يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَعَيرتَه بِأُمِّهِ، إِنَّك امْروءٌ فيِكَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ، إخوانكُم خَوَلكم، جَعَلَهم الله تَحْتَ أَيدِيكُم، فَمَنَ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَلْيُطعمهُ مِمَّا يَأكُل، وَلْيلْبِسْه مِما يَلْبَس وَلَا تُكلِّفُوهُم مَا يَغْلِبهم، فإنْ كَلَّفْتُموهُم فَأعِينُوهُم".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة [حب] ابن حبّان