(83) – باب لاَ يَقُولُ الْمَمْلُوكُ " رَبِّي وَرَبَّتِي "
(83) – The slave should not say Rabbi or Rabbati (My lord, My lady)
Sunan Abu Dawood 4976
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. This version does not mention the Prophet ﷺ i.e, it does not go back to him. It has :
He must say: “My master” (sayyidi) and “My patron” (mawlaya).
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، أَنَّ أَبَا يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، فِي هَذَا الْخَبَرِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ " وَلْيَقُلْ سَيِّدِي وَمَوْلاَىَ " .
Classification
Sahih (Authentic) [Al-Albani]