عَنْ أبي عَليٍّ سُوَيْدِ بنِ مُقَرِّنٍ رضي اللَّهُ عنْهُ، قَالَ: لَقَدْ رَأيْتُني سابِعَ سبْعَةٍ مِنْ بني مُقرِّنٍ مَا لنَا خَادِمٌ إلّا واحِدةٌ لَطمها أصْغرُنَا فأمَرنَا رسُولُ اللَّه صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم أنْ نُعْتِقَها. رواه مسلم. وفي روايةٍ: «سابِع إخْوةٍ لي.«
Abu Ali Suwayd ibn Muqarrin (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I saw myself as the seventh of seven of the Banu Muqarrin, and we had no servant except one whom the youngest of us slapped. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us to set her free. Reported by Muslim. In another narration: "the seventh of brothers of mine."
الشرح · explanation
سابع سبعة: أي أحد سبعة: وهم سبعة إخوة كلهم صحابة مهاجرون لم يشاركهم أحد في مجموع ذلك. لطمها: ضربها ببطن كفه.
"The seventh of seven": that is, one of seven — they were seven brothers, all of them Companions and Emigrants (Muhajirun), a distinction no one else shared with them in its entirety. "Latamaha (slapped her)": struck her with the palm of his hand.
الدروس · lessons
غلظ تعذيب المملوك والاعتداء عليه، وندب إعتاقه، ليكون كفارة عن ضربه أو تعذيبه. أمر النّبيّ صلّى اللّه عليه وسلّم بإعتاقها ليكون إعتاقها كفارة للطمها.
The gravity of tormenting a slave (mamluk) and transgressing against him, and the recommendation of freeing him, so that it may be an expiation for striking or tormenting him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded her emancipation so that setting her free would be an expiation for the slap.