Volume 3, Book 46, Number 730:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Everyone of you is a guardian and is responsible for his charges. The ruler
who has authority over people, is a guardian and is responsible for them, a man is a guardian of his
family and is responsible for them; a woman is a guardian of her husband’s house and children and
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is responsible for them; a slave (‘Abu) is a guardian of his master’s property and is responsible for it;
so all of you are guardians and are responsible for your charges.”
Volume 3, Book 46, Number 731:
Narrated Abu Huraira and Zaid bin Khalid:
The Prophet said, “If a slave-girl (Ama) commits illegal sexual intercourse, scourge her; if she does
it again, scourge her again; if she repeats it, scourge her again.” The narrator added that on the third
or the fourth offence, the Prophet said, “Sell her even for a hair rope.”
Volume 3, Book 46, Number 732:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “When your servant brings your meals to you then if he does not let him sit and
share the meals, then he should at least give him a mouthful or two mouthfuls of that meal or a meal
or two meals, as he has prepared it.”
Volume 3, Book 46, Number 728:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “You should not say, ‘Feed your lord (Rabbaka), help your lord in performing
ablution, or give water to your lord, but should say, ‘my master (e.g. Feed your master instead of lord
etc.) (Saiyidi), or my guardian (Maulai), and one should not say, my slave (Abdi), or my girl-slave
(Amati), but should say, my lad (Fatai), my lass (Fatati), and ‘my boy (Ghulami).”
Volume 3, Book 46, Number 723:
Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ashari:
The Prophet said, “He who has a slave-girl and teaches her good manners and improves her edu –
cation and then manumits and marries her, will get a double reward; and any slave who observes
Allah’s right and his master’s right will get a double reward.”
Volume 3, Book 46, Number 724:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “A pious slave gets a double reward.” Abu Huraira added: By Him in Whose
Hands my soul is but for Jihad (i.e. holy battles), Hajj, and my duty to serve my mother, I would have
loved to die as a slave.
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Volume 3, Book 46, Number 725:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Goodness and comfort are for him who worships his Lord in a perfect manner
and serves his master sincerely.”
Volume 3, Book 46, Number 726:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet said, “If a slave serves his Saiyid (i.e. master) sincerely and worships his Lord (Allah)
perfectly, he will get a double reward.”