Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ بَيْنَا أَنَا أَضْرِبُ غُلَامًا لِي إِذْ سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مِنْ وَرَائِي اعْلَمْ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ ثَلَاثًا فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَلَّهُ أَقْدَرُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْكَ عَلَى هَذَا قَالَ فَحَلَفْتُ أَنْ لَا أَضْرِبَ مَمْلُوكًا أَبَدًا.
English Translation
Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, he said: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Ibrahim al-Taymi, from his father, from Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari, who said: While I was beating a young servant of mine, I heard a voice from behind me: "Know, O Abu Mas'ud" - repeated three times. I turned around, and there was the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, who said, "By Allah, Allah has more power over you than you have over this servant." He said: So I swore that I would never beat a slave again.