Mu'awiyah bin Suwaid reported: I slapped a slave belonging to us and then fled away. I came back just before noon and offered prayer behind my father. He called him (the slave) and me and said: Do as he has done to you. He granted pardon. He (my father) then said: We belonged to the family of Muqarrin during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him, and had only one slave-girl and one of us slapped her. This news reached Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and he said: Set her free. They (the members of the family) said: There is no other servant except she. Thereupon he said: Then employ her and when you can afford to dispense with her services, then set her free.

Hilal bin Yasaf reported that a person got angry and slapped his slave-girl. Thereupon Suwaid bin Muqarrin said to him: You could find no other part (to slap) but the prominent part of her face. See I was one of the seven sons of Muqarrin, and we had but only one slave-girl. The youngest of us slapped her, and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) commanded us to set her free. 2097

Hilal bin Yasaf reported: We used to sell cloth in the house of Suwaid bin Muqarrin, the brother of Nu'man bin Muqarrin. There came out a slave-girl, and she said something to a person amongst us, and he slapped her. Suwaid was enraged-the rest of the hadlth is the same.

Suwaid bin Muqarrin reported that he had a slave-girl and a person (one of the members of the family) slapped her, whereupon Suwaid said to him: Don't you know that it is forbidden to strike the face. He said: You see I was the seventh one amongst my brothers during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , and we had but only one servant. One of us got enraged and slapped him. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) commanded us to set him free.

Wahb bin Jarir reported: Shu'bah informed that Muhammad bin Munkadir said to me: What is your name? The rest of the hadith is the same.