It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed by an animal that had been branded, and smoke was coming out of its nostrils. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "May Allah curse the person who has done this. None of you should brand the face of an animal nor strike it on its face."

Hilal bin Yasaf says that we were selling cloth in the house of Suwaid bin Muqarrin. A slave girl came out and said something to a man. That man slapped the slave girl, so Suwaid bin Muqarrin said to him: Did you slap her on the face? I found myself to be one of seven persons (i.e., we were seven men) and we had only one servant. One of us slapped her, so the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) ordered that she be set free.

I slapped a poor servant of ours, so my father called me and said (to him): Retaliate. We, the sons of Muqrin, were seven, and we had a servant. One of us slapped her, and that was mentioned to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم , so he said: "Order them to set her free." It was said to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم : They have no other servant besides her. He said: Then let them make use of her, and when they no longer need her, let her go free. / 178.

132c/176 And in another narration from Abu Shu'bah from Suwayd ibn Muqarrin al-Muzani—he saw a man slap his servant—he said: "Do you not know that striking the face is forbidden? I saw myself, and I was the seventh of seven brothers, in the time of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم , and we had nothing but one servant. One of us slapped him, so the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ordered us to set him free." / 179.

It is narrated from Abu ‘Umar Zadhan, he states that we were with Sayyiduna Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with them). He called his slave whom he had beaten. He removed the cloth from his back and said:“Are you in pain?”He replied:“No.”So he freed the slave, then picked up a straw from the ground and said:“I will not receive a reward even equal to the weight of this straw.”I said:“O Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman! Why do you say this?”He said:“I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), he used to say or he said: ‘Whoever punishes his slave without guilt or slaps him on the face’—and in another narration: ‘Whoever slaps his slave on the face or imposes a punishment on him for something he did not commit, its expiation is that he should set him free.’”

It is narrated from Ammar bin Yasir that he said: None of you beats his slave while he is unjust except that retribution will be taken from him on the Day of Resurrection.

Abu Laila narrated that Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) went out while the fodder of his animal was falling down from the manger. Upon this, he said to his servant: If I did not fear retribution, I would have beaten you.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he reports from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), he said: "Surely, rights will be given to their owners, to the extent that the hornless goat will take retribution from the horned goat."

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

It is narrated from ‘Ubadah bin Walid bin ‘Ubadah bin Samit: My father and I set out, seeking knowledge among the Ansar before they passed away. The first person we met was Abu Yasar, a companion of the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and his slave was with him. Abu Yasar was wearing a striped Yemeni cloak and a Ma’afiri cloak, and his slave was also wearing a striped Yemeni cloak and a Ma’afiri cloak. I said to him: O uncle! If you took your slave’s cloak and gave him your Ma’afiri, or took his Ma’afiri and gave him your cloak, then both of you would have a matching set. He placed his hand on my head and said: O Allah! Bless him. O my nephew! These two eyes of mine have seen, these two ears of mine have heard, and my heart has well remembered—and he pointed to the middle of his chest—that the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to say: Feed them from what you eat, and clothe them from what you wear. And if I give him worldly goods, it is easier for me than that he should take my good deeds on the Day of Resurrection.