I saw him wearing a fine garment and his servant wearing one just like it. I said, "If you took this one and wore it, the two together would make a matching set, and you could give your servant a different garment instead."He replied, "There were once words between me and another man, and his mother was a non-Arab. I insulted her, so he mentioned what I had done to the Prophet ﷺ.The Prophet ﷺ asked me, 'Did you exchange harsh words with so-and-so?'I said, 'Yes.'He asked, 'Did you insult his mother?'I said, 'Yes.'He said, 'You are a man in whom there is still some of the ways of ignorance.'I asked, 'Even now, at my advanced age?'He said, 'Yes. They are your brothers. Allah has placed them under your authority. Whoever has a brother placed under his authority by Allah should feed him from what he himself eats and clothe him from what he himself wears, and should not burden him with work beyond his ability. If he does assign him such a task, he should help him with it.'"
حدثني عمر بن حفص حدثنا أبي حدثنا الأعمش عن المعرور هو ابن سويد
رأيت عليه بردا وعلى غلامه بردا فقلت لو أخذت هذا فلبسته كانت حلة وأعطيته ثوبا آخر فقال كان بيني وبين رجل كلام وكانت أمه أعجمية فنلت منها فذكرني إلى النبي ﷺ فقال لي أساببت فلانا قلت نعم قال أفنلت من أمه قلت نعم قال إنك امرؤ فيك جاهلية قلت على حين ساعتي هذه من كبر السن قال نعم هم إخوانكم جعلهم الله تحت أيديكم فمن جعل الله أخاه تحت يده فليطعمه مما يأكل وليلبسه مما يلبس ولا يكلفه من العمل ما يغلبه فإن كلفه ما يغلبه فليعنه عليه