27/8. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1657c — A Variation on the Expiation Hadith
Treatment of slaves, and the expiation of one who slaps his slave
Slave Rights Hadith with Slight Wording Variation
Sahih Muslim : 1657c
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1657c
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ فِرَاسٍ، بِإِسْنَادِ شُعْبَةَ وَأَبِي عَوَانَةَ أَمَّا حَدِيثُ ابْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ فَذَكَرَ فِيهِ " حَدًّا لَمْ يَأْتِهِ " . وَفِي حَدِيثِ وَكِيعٍ " مَنْ لَطَمَ عَبْدَهُ " . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْحَدَّ.
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of words.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1657cIn-book reference : Book 27, Hadith 47USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 15, Hadith 4080
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1657c
This narration reports the same Hadith through another chain with a slight difference in wording. One wording mentions beating for an offence the slave did not commit, while another wording mentions slapping one's slave and does not mention the offence. The core topic is still slave rights in Islam. The narration does not introduce a separate incident. It supports the same lesson: physical harm against a slave is not treated lightly, and the expiation named in the Hadith is to set him free. For readers searching for slapping a slave expiation Hadith, this short report is tied closely to the fuller wordings before it.
What we learn from this hadith
- The narration supports the same Hadith through another chain.
- One wording mentions an offence the slave did not commit.
- Another wording focuses on slapping the slave.
- The shared lesson is that freeing the slave is the named expiation.
