\nNarrated Al-Ma'rur bin Suwaid:\n \n\nI saw Abu Dhar Al-Ghifari wearing a cloak, and his slave, too, was wearing a cloak. We asked him \nabout that (i.e. how both were wearing similar cloaks). He replied, "Once I abused a man and he \ncomplained of me to the Prophet (ﷺ) . The Prophet (ﷺ) asked me, 'Did you abuse him by slighting his \nmother?' He added, 'Your slaves are your brethren upon whom Allah has given you authority. So, if \none has one's brethren under one's control, one should feed them with the like of what one eats and \nclothe them with the like of what one wears. You should not overburden them with what they cannot \nbear, and if you do so, help them (in their hard job).\n

\nNarrated Al-Ma'rur bin Suwaid:\n \n\nI saw Abu Dhar Al-Ghifari wearing a cloak, and his slave, too, was wearing a cloak. We asked him \nabout that (i.e. how both were wearing similar cloaks). He replied, "Once I abused a man and he \ncomplained of me to the Prophet (ﷺ) . The Prophet (ﷺ) asked me, 'Did you abuse him by slighting his \nmother?' He added, 'Your slaves are your brethren upon whom Allah has given you authority. So, if \none has one's brethren under one's control, one should feed them with the like of what one eats and \nclothe them with the like of what one wears. You should not overburden them with what they cannot \nbear, and if you do so, help them (in their hard job).\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلٌ الأَحْدَبُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْمَعْرُورَ بْنَ سُوَيْدٍ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيَّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ وَعَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ وَعَلَى غُلاَمِهِ حُلَّةٌ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَابَبْتُ رَجُلاً فَشَكَانِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَقَالَ لِيَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَعَيَّرْتَهُ بِأُمِّهِ ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ إِخْوَانَكُمْ خَوَلُكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ، فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ، وَلْيُلْبِسْهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ، وَلاَ تُكَلِّفُوهُمْ مَا يَغْلِبُهُمْ، فَإِنْ كَلَّفْتُمُوهُمْ مَا يَغْلِبُهُمْ فَأَعِينُوهُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏