Hadiths About People At The Service Of The Prophet

Hadiths about people at the service of the prophet.

Anas b. Malik (ra) said, “I served the Messenger of Allah (saw) for ten years, and, by Allah, he never said to me any harsh word, and he never said to me a thing as to why I had done this and as to why I had not done that.” (Muslim, al-Fadaʾil, 51)

Muhammad b. Ziyad said Abu Hurayra (ra) heard the Prophet (saw) said, “When your servant brings your meals to you then if you do not let him sit and share the meal, then you should at least give him a mouthful or two mouthfuls of that meal or a meal or two meals, as he has prepared it.”  (al-Bukhari, al-ʿItq, 18)

ʿAʾisha (ra) said, “The Messenger of Allah (saw) did not strike a servant or a woman, and he never struck anyone with his hand except during jihad in path of Allah.”  (Muslim, al-Fadaʾil, 79)

Al-Maʿrur said, “At al-Rabadha I met Abu Dharr (ra) who was wearing a cloak, and his slave was also wearing a similar one. I asked about the reason for it. He replied, ‘I abused a person by calling his mother bad names.’ The Prophet (saw) said to me, ‘O Abu Dharr! Did you abuse him by calling his mother bad names? You still have some characteristics of the Age of Jahiliyya? Your slaves are your brothers and Allah has put them under your command. So whoever has a brother under his command should feed him from what he eats and dress him from what he wears. Do not ask them (servants) to do things beyond their capacity (power) and if you do so, then help them.’” (al-Bukhari, al-Iman, 22)

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths