Hadith 204

Sunan Abi Da'ud

Book 43: General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) Sahih

Chapter 83

The slave should not say Rabbi or Rabbati (My lord, My lady)

باب لاَ يَقُولُ الْمَمْلُوكُ ‏"‏ رَبِّي وَرَبَّتِي ‏"‏

Sahih
Sunan Abi Dawud 4976
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، أَنَّ أَبَا يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، فِي هَذَا الْخَبَرِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ وَلْيَقُلْ سَيِّدِي وَمَوْلاَىَ ‏"
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. This version does not mention the Prophet (May peace be upon him) i.e, it does not go back to him. It has :

He must say: “My master” (sayyidi) and “My patron” (mawlaya).