Good deeds and manners 01: Think before beating and abusing your servant

In this series of weekly posts, I am going to reminding us about some good deeds we need to do and bad deeds we need not to do. My posts will be based on Sahih (Authentic) andHasan (Good) hadith. Today's topic is on Beating and abusing servant.

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Abu Mas'ud [Al-Ansari] said: "I was beating a slave of mine and I heard someone behind me saying: 'Beware O Abu Mas'ud! Beware O Abu Mas'ud!' So I turned around and saw that it was the Messenger of Allah. He said: 'Allah has more power over you than you do over him." Abu Mas'ud said: "I have not beaten any slave of mine since then."

Source of the Hadith

• Sahih (Darussalam)
• Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1948
• In-book : Book 27, Hadith 54
• English translation : Vol. 4, Book 1, Hadith 1948
• Get Hadith Collection (All in one) App:https://goo.gl/8j06i9]

Note: We can't change the message of the hadith. so the text may appear exactly same in the other websites as well

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When we have power, we love to show it. It is happening at all the levels of our society. It is also found in the animals. When I was young, we had a few goats in our house, among them one was big and with strong horns. So whenever we used to feed them together, other goats wouldn't get the chance to eat. Others either had to wait till the big one left or we had to interfere.

Same things are found in our family or society or in this world which we love to call the global village. Who has super power, they can do anything whatever and whenever they want. In a country, politically powerful party enjoy all the benefits showing all the power they have. In a campus regarding student politics, the student party with higher power of members and guns, control the whole campus; killing the opposition party activists or beating and torturing them. In a family, the master has power over his servants and we find news on the abuse of power on the servants as well.

Our servants are just another human being, not an animal. But unfortunately, sometimes we forget that. We put them in such a difficult situation that they can't carry out the order or complete task. We become furious on them and start beating them. We think ourselves the most powerful being that moment. We forget that there is something more powerful who is constantly watching us and He will deal with us accordingly.

Above above hadith just teach us that we are not the ultimate powerful creatures. And we are not beyond the judgement. In the judgement day, we will be asked about our every actions in this world. No bribe or recommendation will work there. We need to change ourselves when there is still time!

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#JummahMubarak #FridayMotivation

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What is a hadith?
According to britannica.com

Hadith, Arabic Ḥadīth (“News” or “Story”), also spelled Hadīt, record of the traditions or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, revered and received as a major source of religious law and moral guidance, second only to the authority of the Qurʾān, the holy book of Islam.