Mishkat al-Masabih — Hadith #50447

On the authority of Muawiyah bin Al-Hakam, he said: I came to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and said: O Messenger of God, a maid of mine was taking care of my sheep, so I came to her and she She lost one of the sheep and asked her about it, and she said: The wolf ate it, so I felt sorry for it, and I was one of the children of Adam, so I slapped it. Her face and I have a slave. Should I free her? Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to her: “Where is God?” She said: In the sky. He said: “Who am I?” She said: You are the Messenger of God. Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Emancipate her.” It was narrated by Malik and in Muslim’s narration he said: I had a maid who took care of sheep for me before Uhud, and the maidservant, so I looked up one day and behold, the wolf had gone with a sheep from our sheep, and I was a man. Of the children of Adam, I am sorry as they are sorry, but I paid it as a certificate, so I went to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and this was too great for me. I said: Oh Messenger of God, shall I not free her? He said: “Bring it to me?” So I brought her to him, and he said to her: “Where is God?” She said: In the sky. He said: “Who am I?” She said: You are the Messenger of God. He said: Free her, for she is a believer.