"I was beating a slave of mine and I heard someone behind me saying: 'Beware O Abu Mas'ud! Beware O Abu Mas'ud!' So I turned around and saw that it was the Messenger of Allah. He said: 'Allah has more power over you than you do over him." Abu Mas'ud said: "I have not beaten any slave of mine since then."
Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1948 In-book : Book 27, Hadith 54 English translation : Vol. 4, Book 1, Hadith 1948
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