Arabic (Original)
قَالَ وَكَانَتْ لِي غَنَمٌ فِيهَا جَارِيَةٌ لِي تَرْعَاهَا فِي قِبَلِ أُحُدٍ والْجَوَّانِيَّةِ فَاطَّلَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَوَجَدْتُ الذِّئْبَ قَدْ ذَهَبَ مِنْهَا بِشَاةٍ فَأَسِفْتُ وَأَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ آسَفُ مِثْلَ مَا يَأْسَفُونَ وَإِنِّي صَكَكْتُهَا صَكَّةً قَالَ فَعَظُمَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَلَا أُعْتِقُهَا قَالَ ادْعُهَا فَدَعَوْتُهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا أَيْنَ اللَّهُ قَالَتْ فِي السَّمَاءِ قَالَ مَنْ أَنَا قَالَتْ أَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّهَا مُؤْمِنَةٌ فَأَعْتِقْهَا قَالَ هَذَانِ حَدِيثَانِ.
English Translation
He said: And I had sheep, tended by a slave girl of mine, grazing toward Uhud and al-Jawwaniyyah. One day I looked in on her and found that a wolf had taken a sheep from the flock. I was upset -- I am but a man of the sons of Adam, I get upset as they get upset -- and I struck her a slap. He said: That was a grave matter to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He said: I said, O Messenger of Allah, shall I not free her? He said: Bring her to me. So I brought her, and he said to her: Where is Allah? She said: In the heaven. He said: Who am I? She said: You are the Messenger of Allah. He said: She is a believer, so free her. He said: These are two hadiths.