Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 2733
وَعَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ: أَنَّ سَعْدًا رَكِبَ إِلَى قَصْرِهِ بِالْعَقِيقِ فَوَجَدَ عَبْدًا يَقْطَعُ شَجَرًا أَوْ يَخْبِطُهُ فَسَلَبَهُ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ سَعْدٌ جَاءَهُ أَهْلُ الْعَبْدِ فَكَلَّمُوهُ أَنْ يَرُدَّ عَلَى غُلَامِهِمْ أَوْ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا أَخَذَ مِنْ غُلَامِهِمْ فَقَالَ: مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ أَنْ أَرُدَّ شَيْئًا نَفَّلَنِيهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبِي أَنْ يرد عَلَيْهِم. رَوَاهُ مُسلم
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Amir ibn Sa‘d reported: Sa‘d rode to his palace at al-‘Aqiq and found a slave cutting or stripping leaves from trees. He took what the slave had with him. When Sa‘d returned, the slave’s family came and asked him to return to the slave or to them what he had taken. He said: “Allah forbid that I return anything the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave to me as a prize.” He refused to return it to them. [Muslim]
Grade: Sahih (al-Albani).