Book 27, Hadith 14

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abu al-Walid said: Shu‘ba related to us, from al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh, who said: I heard my father say: I heard ‘A’isha say: I was riding a camel that was difficult to control and began striking it. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Be gentle, for gentleness is not in anything without adorning it, and it is not removed from anything without marring it.”