Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 176
حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حُصَيْنٌ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ هِلاَلَ بْنَ يَسَافٍ يَقُولُ: كُنَّا نَبِيعُ الْبَزَّ فِي دَارِ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ، فَخَرَجَتْ جَارِيَةٌ فَقَالَتْ لِرَجُلٍ شَيْئًا، فَلَطَمَهَا ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ سُوَيْدُ بْنُ مُقَرِّنٍ: أَلَطَمْتَ وَجْهَهَا؟ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي سَابِعَ سَبْعَةٍ وَمَا لَنَا إِلاَّ خَادِمٌ، فَلَطَمَهَا بَعْضُنَا، فَأَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يُعْتِقُهَا.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Adam narrated to us. He said: Shu'ba narrated to us. He said: Husayn narrated to us, saying: I heard Hilal ibn Yasaf say: We were selling fine cloth in the house of Suwayd ibn Muqarrin. A young woman came out and said something to a man, and that man slapped her. Suwayd ibn Muqarrin said to him, 'Did you slap her face? I remember being one of seven, and we had only one servant; one of us slapped her, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered him to set her free.'
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي سَابِعَ سَبْعَةٍ وَمَا لَنَا إِلاَّ خَادِمٌ،
The phrase indicates Suwayd's recollection of being one among seven people with only a single servant; the exact group composition is not specified.
Would a note clarify that the seven are not individually identified?