Musnad Ahmad 5051

Translation

✧ Whoever strikes a slave of his with a punishment he did not deserve or slaps him, his expiation is to set him free.

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Riyadhus Shalihin 1605"من ضرب غلامًا له حدًا لم يأتهِ، أو لطمه، فإن كفارته أن يعتقه"

Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 1657bSahih Muslim 1657cSunan Abi Dawud 5168

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
   عن
2. 2
   Zādhān

   truthful (ṣadūq), narrates mursald. 82 AH
   زَاذَانَصدوق يرسل
   يحدث عن
3. 3
   Dhakwān al-Sammān

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 101 AH
   ذَكْوَانَثقة ثبت
   سمعت
4. 4
   Firās

   truthful (ṣadūq), who sometimes made mistakes (rubbamā wahima)d. 129 AH
   فِرَاسٍصدوق ربما وهم
   عن
5. 5
   Shuʿbah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), meticulous (mutqin)d. 160 AH
   شُعْبَةُثقة حافظ , متقن
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar

   Trustworthy (thiqah), his book was sound (ṣaḥīḥ al-kitāb), except that he had some heedlessness (ghaflah)d. 192 AH or 193 AH or 194 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍثقة صحيح الكتاب إلا أن فيه غفلة
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.