# Sahih Muslim - The Book of Oaths

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**1 hadith**

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## Hadith #4176

**Book:** The Book of Oaths | **Narrator(s):** Abu Mas'ud al-Badri | **Grade:** Sahih

I was beating my slave with a whip when I heard a voice behind me: Understand, Abu Masud; but I did not recognise the voice due to intense anger. He (Abu Mas’ud) reported: As he came near me (I found) that he was the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he was saying: Bear in mind, Abu Mas’ud; bear in mind. Abu Mas’ud. He (Aba Maslad) said: threw the whip from my hand. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Bear in mind, Abu Mas’ud; verily Allah has more dominance upon you than you have upon your slave. I (then) said: I would never beat my servant in future.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-4176/)*

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