never struck a woman

Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, never struck a woman with his hand and neither a servant, and he never struck anything with his hand except when he was struggling in the cause of Allah; and the Messenger of Allah did not take revenge for anything against himself but if the sacred law of Allah was violated, he would take retribution for the sake of Allah; and the Messenger of Allah was not presented two matters except that he would choose the easier one as long as it was not sinful, but if it was sinful he would be the furthest of the people from it.

[Musnad Ahmad, Number 27658, Sahih]

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ مَا ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَدِهِ امْرَأَةً لَهُ قَطُّ وَلَا خَادِمًا وَلَا ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ شَيْئًا قَطُّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُجَاهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَتْ مَا نِيلَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَيْئًا فَانْتَقَمَهُ إِلَّا أَنْ تُنْتَهَكَ مَحَارِمُ اللَّهِ فَيَنْتَقِمُ لِلَّهِ قَالَتْ مَا عُرِضَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمْرَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا أَيْسَرُ مِنْ الْآخَرِ إِلَّا أَخَذَ الَّذِي هُوَ الْأَيْسَرُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ إِثْمًا فَإِنْ كَانَ إِثْمًا كَانَ أَبْعَدَ النَّاسِ مِنْهُ

27658 مسند أحمد باقي مسند الأنصار حديث السيدة عائشة رضي الله عنها

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