689 — Bashshār ibn Mūsā narrated to us: Yazīd ibn al-Miqdām ibn Shurayh informed us, from his father, al-Miqdām, from his grandfather, from ʿĀʾisha—may Allah be pleased with her—who said: The Prophet ﷺ heard Abū Bakr al-Siddīq—may Allah be pleased with him—cursing some of his slaves. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, “Abū Bakr, those of utmost truthfulness are not given to cursing.” She said: That day, Abū Bakr—may Allah be pleased with him—set some of his slaves free. ⦗298⦘ He then came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “By Allah, I will never do it again.”