Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to advise good treatment of slaves, and he would say: "Feed them from what you eat, and clothe them from what you wear. And do not punish the creation of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic."

Ma’rur bin Suwaid says: I saw Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), he was wearing a cloak and his slave was also wearing a cloak. (In another narration: he had a garment and his slave had a cloak, so we said: If you took this and gave him something else, this would become your cloak.) We asked him the reason for this, so he said: I had abused a man. He complained about me to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to me:“Did you insult his mother?”I said: Yes. So the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“Indeed, your brothers are your servants. Allah has placed them under your authority. So whoever has his brother under his authority, he should feed him with what he eats himself, and clothe him with what he wears himself, and do not burden them with work that is beyond their capacity. If you do assign them a task that is beyond their capacity, then help them with it.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Help the worker in his work, because the servant who works for Allah is never unsuccessful.

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 right of a slave is his food and clothing, and that he should not be burdened with work beyond his capacity."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Miqdam (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "Whatever you feed yourself is also charity, whatever you feed your children, your wife, and your servant is also charity."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The best charity is that which leaves sufficiency behind. And the upper hand is better than the lower hand, and begin spending on the person whom you support."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered to give charity, so a man said: I have one dinar. He said: "Spend it on yourself." He said: I have another dinar. He said: "Spend it on your wife." He said: I have another dinar besides that. He said: "Spend it on your servant, and after that you know best (who is most deserving of your spending)."

It is narrated from Ibn Jurayj, he says that Abu Zubair informed me that he heard a man asking Jabir about a man's servant: when he spares his master from the hardship of cooking food and from its heat, did the Prophet (peace be upon him) command that he be invited to eat? He said: Yes, and if any of you does not like to eat with the servant, then he should at least give him a morsel in his hand.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that he (peace be upon him) said: "When a servant brings food to any one of you, he should make him sit with him, and if he does not accept, then he should give him something from the food."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Mahdhurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I was sitting with Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) when Safwan bin Umayyah brought a bowl, which some people were carrying in a cloak. They placed it before Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), so Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) called some poor people and some slaves from among the people around him, and they ate with him. Then, on this occasion, he said: "May Allah do this to the people," or he said: "May Allah curse the people who turn away from their slaves regarding eating together with them." Safwan said: "Beware, by Allah! We do not turn away from them, but we prefer ourselves over them. By Allah! We do not eat so much of the good food that we eat ourselves and also feed them. Rather, we prefer them over ourselves. By Allah! We do not eat good food ourselves and also feed them."