Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 210
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، وَحَبِيبٍ، وَهِشَامٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ: عَبْدِي وَأَمَتِي، وَلاَ يَقُولَنَّ الْمَمْلُوكُ: رَبِّي وَرَبَّتِي، وَلْيَقُلْ: فَتَايَ وَفَتَاتِي، وَسَيِّدِي وَسَيِّدَتِي، كُلُّكُمْ مَمْلُوكُونَ، وَالرَّبُّ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hajjaj ibn Minhal narrated to us. He said: Hammad ibn Salama narrated to us, from Ayyub, Habib, and Hisham, from Muhammad, from Abu Hurayra, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: ‘Let none of you say, “My male slave” or “my female slave,” and let a person under authority not say, “My lord” or “my lady.” Rather, let him say, “My young man” and “my young woman,” and “my master” and “my mistress.” You are all owned servants, and the Lord is Allah, Mighty and Majestic.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic distinguishes rabb (‘lord’) from sayyid/sayyida (‘master/mistress’). The two pairs of permitted forms are both present in the source and are retained.
وَلاَ يَقُولَنَّ الْمَمْلُوكُ: رَبِّي وَرَبَّتِي، وَلْيَقُلْ: فَتَايَ وَفَتَاتِي، وَسَيِّدِي وَسَيِّدَتِي،
The source recommends two sets of alternative address terms and contrasts them with rabb/rabbati.
Should the English provide transliterations for the distinct Arabic address terms in a glossary?