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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الأيمان
The Book of Oaths
" لِلْمَمْلُوكِ طَعَامُهُ وَكِسْوَتُهُ وَلاَ يُكَلَّفُ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ إِلاَّ مَا يُطِيقُ "
It is essential to feed the slave, clothe him (properly) and not burden him with work which is beyond his power.
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- Hadith 1659a
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- Hadith 1652b
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- Hadith 1666a
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- Hadith 1651c
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- Hadith 1654e
I will go round in the night to my ninety wives, and every one of them will give birth to a child (who will grow up) as a horseman and fight in the cause of…