Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هَانِئٍ عَنْ عَبَّاسٍ الْحَجْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي خَادِمًا يُسِيءُ وَيَظْلِمُ أَفَأَضْرِبُهُ قَالَ تَعْفُو عَنْهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً.
English Translation
Abu Abd al-Rahman Abdullah ibn Yazid told us, Sa'id - meaning Ibn Abi Ayyub - told us, Abu Hani' told us, from Abbas al-Hajri, from Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab: that a man came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have a servant who behaves badly and does wrong - shall I beat him?" He said, "Forgive him seventy times each day."