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Abu Mas'ud reported that he had been beating his slave and he had been saying:I seek refuge with Allah, but he continued beating him, whereupon he said: I seek refuge with Allah's Messenger, and he spared him. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: By Allah, God has more dominance over you than you have over him (the slave). He said that he set him free

وحدثنا محمد بن المثنى، وابن، بشار - واللفظ لابن المثنى - قالا حدثنا ابن، ابي عدي عن شعبة، عن سليمان، عن ابراهيم التيمي، عن ابيه، عن ابي مسعود، انه كان يضرب غلامه فجعل يقول اعوذ بالله - قال - فجعل يضربه فقال اعوذ برسول الله . فتركه فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " والله لله اقدر عليك منك عليه " . قال فاعتقه