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Hadith 4976

Sunan Abu Dawud

سنن أبي داود

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Hadith 4976

Chapter 83: The slave should not say Rabbi or Rabbati (My lord, My lady) - كتاب الأدب

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، أَنَّ أَبَا يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، فِي هَذَا الْخَبَرِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ وَلْيَقُلْ سَيِّدِي وَمَوْلاَىَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. This version does not mention the Prophet (May peace be upon him) i.e, it does not go back to him. It has :

He must say: “My master” (sayyidi) and “My patron” (mawlaya).

In-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 204
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