It is narrated from Bilal bin Yasaf (may Allah have mercy on him) that we were selling cloth in the house of Sayyiduna Suwaid bin Muqarrin (may Allah be pleased with him) when a slave girl came out and said something to a man, so the man slapped her. Upon this, Sayyiduna Suwaid bin Muqarrin (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Did you slap her on the face? Indeed, I was the seventh among seven (brothers), and we had only one servant girl. When one of us slapped her, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ordered him to set her free."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever slaps his slave or beats him without fault, then its expiation is that he should set him free."

It is narrated from Muawiyah bin Suwaid bin Muqrin (may Allah have mercy on him) that I slapped one of my slaves, so he ran away. My father called me and said, "Retribution will be taken from you." We were seven sons of Muqrin and had only one maidservant. One of our brothers slapped her, and this was mentioned before the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Order them to set her free." It was submitted to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that they have no other servant besides her. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Let her serve them, and when they no longer need her, set her free."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Suwaid bin Muqarrin Al-Muzani (may Allah be pleased with him) that he saw a person who had slapped his slave, so he said: Do you not know that it is forbidden to strike the face? I saw during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that we were seven brothers and had only one maidservant. If any one of us slapped her, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us to set her free.

Zadhan Abu Umar narrates that we were with Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them), so he called one of his slaves whom he had beaten. He removed the cloth from his back and asked, "Do you feel pain?" He replied, "No." So he set him free. Then he picked up a stick from the ground and said, "There is not even as much reward in this for me as the weight of this stick." I asked, "Abu Abdur Rahman! Why do you say this?" He said, "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: 'Whoever beats his slave without fault or slaps him, the expiation for that is to set him free.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with both of them), he said: Whoever beats his slave unjustly, retribution will surely be taken from him on the Day of Resurrection.

It is narrated from Abu Laila (may Allah have mercy on him) that Salman went out (from his house) and saw that the fodder of his animals was falling from the place of fodder. He said to his servant: If I did not fear retribution (qisas) on the Day of Resurrection, I would certainly punish you.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The rights of those entitled to rights will certainly be given to them, to the extent that the hornless goat will be recompensed for the harm done to it by the horned goat."

Narrated from Sayyida Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was in her house, and he called one of his or her young slave girls, but she delayed in responding to the command, which caused signs of anger to appear on the face of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Sayyida Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) got up and went towards the curtain and saw that the slave girl was playing. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had a miswak in his hand. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "If I did not fear retribution and recompense on the Day of Resurrection, I would have beaten you with this miswak." Muhammad bin Haytham narrated with the addition of these words: "She was playing with an animal." The narrator says that Sayyida Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) said: When I brought her to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), I said: O Messenger of Allah! She is swearing that she did not hear your voice. She also said: The miswak was in your hand.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever strikes someone, retribution will be taken from him on the Day of Resurrection."