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1368 – Al-Maʿrūr ibn Suwayd said: I saw Abū Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him, wearing a ḥullah (1) and his servant boy wearing one just like it. I asked him about it, and he told me that he had once insulted a man in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ by belittling the man through his mother. The Prophet ﷺ said, “You are a man in whom there remains something of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (2). Your servants are your brothers whom Allah has placed under your authority. So whoever has his brother under his hand, let him feed him from what he himself eats and clothe him from what he himself wears. Do not burden them with what is beyond their strength; but if you must burden them, then help them.” Agreed upon.

1369 – Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “When the servant of any one of you brings him his food, if he does not seat him to eat with him, then let him at least give him a morsel or two, a bite or two, for he is the one who prepared it (3).” Narrated by al-Bukhārī.

(The term al-aklah, with the hamzah pronounced with ḍamma, refers to a single mouthful.)

238 – Chapter: The Virtue of a Slave Who Discharges the Rights of Allah and of His Masters

1370 – Ibn ʿUmar, may Allah be pleased with them both, reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When a slave is sincere toward his master and perfects his worship of Allah, he shall receive his reward twice over.” Agreed upon.

1371 – Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “For a righteous, dutiful slave there are two rewards.” Abū Hurayrah added, “By Him in whose hand is Abū Hurayrah’s soul, were it not for striving in the path of Allah, the pilgrimage, and showing kindness to my mother, I would have loved to die while I was still a slave.” Agreed upon.

1372 – Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

(1) A hulla is a two-piece garment made of an outer cover and an inner lining woven from the same material. (2) The expression denotes a practice of the jahiliyya (the pre-Islamic era). The term khawl, with open kha and waw, means domestic servants and retainers. (3) That is, his deed.

١٣٦٨ - وعن المَعْرُورِ بن سُوَيْدٍ قال : رَأَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ رضي الله عنه ، وَعَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ (١) وَعَلَى غُلَامِهِ مِثْلُهَا ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ ، فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ سَابَ رَجُلًا عَلَى عَهْدِ رسول الله ﷺ ، فَعَيَّرَهُ بِأُمِّهِ ، فقال النبي ﷺ : « إِنَّكَ أَمْرُؤٌ فِيكَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ (٢) هُمْ إِخْوَانُكُمْ وَخَوْلُكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ ، فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ ، فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ ، وَلْيَلْبَسْهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ ، وَلَا تُكَلِّفُوهُمْ مَا يَغْلِبُهُمْ ، فَإِنْ كَلَّفْتُمُوهُمْ فَأَعِينُوهُمْ » متفق عليه . ١٣٦٩ - وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه ، عن النبي ﷺ قال : « إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدَكُمْ خَادِمُهُ بِطَعَامِهِ ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يُجْلِسْهُ مَعَهُ ، فَلْيَنَاوِلْهُ لُقْمَةً أَوْ لُقْمَتَيْنِ أَوْ أُكْلَةً أَوْ أُكْلَتَيْنِ ؛ فَإِنَّهُ وَلِيَ عِلَاجَهُ » (٣) رواه البخاري . « الْأَكْلَةُ » بضم الهمزة : وَهِيَ اللُّقْمَةُ . ٢٣٨ - باب فضل المملوك الذي يؤدي حق الله وحق مواليه ١٣٧٠ - عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما ، أن رسول الله ﷺ قال : « إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا نَصَحَ لِسَيِّدِهِ ، وَأَحْسَنَ عِبَادَةَ اللَّهِ ، فَلَهُ أَجْرُهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ » متفق عليه . ١٣٧١ - وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « لِلْعَبْدِ الْمَمْلُوكِ الْمُصْلِحِ أَجْرَانِ » ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِيَدِهِ لَوْلَا الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالْحَجُّ ، وَبِرُّ أُمِّي ، لَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَمُوتَ وَأَنَا مَمْلُوكٌ . متفق عليه . ١٣٧٢ - عن أبي موسى الأشعري رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ :

(١) الحلة بضم المهملة وتشديد اللام : ثوب مركب من ظهارة وبطانة من جنس واحد . (٢) أي : خلق من أخلاق الجاهلية ، وهي ما قبل الإسلام . و ( الخول ) بفتح الخاء والواو : الخدم والحشم . (٣) أي : عمله .