Sahih Muslim Hadith 4304 – Treatment Of

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[4304] 33 – ( … ) Shu'bah narrated: "Muhammad bin Al- Munkadir said to me: 'What is your name?' I said: 'Shu'bah.' Muhammad said: 'Abü Shu'bah Al-'IrâqI narrated to me from Suwaid bin Muqarrin that someone slapped a slave woman of his. Suwaid said to him: Do you not know that hitting the face is unlawful? He said: I remember when I was the seventh of my brothers, with the Messenger of Allah , and we only had one servant. One of us went and slapped him, and the Messenger of Allah commanded us to manumit him."