Sunan Abi Dawud · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
باب لاَ يَقُولُ الْمَمْلُوكُ " رَبِّي وَرَبَّتِي "
Chapter: The slave should not say Rabbi or Rabbati (My lord, My lady).
3 hadith · references 4975–4977
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Abu Dawud · 4975لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ : عَبْدِي وَأَمَتِي ، وَلَا يَقُولَنَّ الْمَمْلُوكُ : رَبِّي وَرَبَّتِي ، وَلْيَقُلِ الْمَالِكُ : فَتَايَ وَفَتَاتِي ، وَلْيَقُلِ الْمَمْلُوكُ : سَيِّدِي وَسَيِّدَتِي ، فَإِنَّكُمُ الْمَمْلُوكُوNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: None of you must say: "My slave" (abdi) and "My slave-woman" (amati), and a slave must not say: "My lord" (rabbi or rabbati). The master (of a slave) should say: "My young man" 7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4976حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ، أَنَّ أَبَا يُونُسَ حَدَّثَهُ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فِي هَذَا الْخَبَرِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. This version does not mention the Prophet ﷺ i. e, it does not go back to him. It has: He must say: “My maste5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4977لَا تَقُولُوا لِلْمُنَافِقِ : سَيِّدٌ ، فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ يَكُ سَيِّدًا فَقَدْ أَسْخَطْتُمْ رَبَّكُمْ عَزَّ وَجَلَّNarrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: The Prophet ﷺ said: Do not call a hypocrite sayyid (master), for if he is a sayyid, you will displease your Lord, Most High.6 narrators