457 - Abu Bakr al-Marrudhi informed us, saying: Abu 'Abd Allah was asked about a man who says to another man, 'You are a freedman (mawla) of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.' So what should we say? He said: 'Leave it [alone].'
٤٥٧ - أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْمَرُّوذِيُّ، قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَقُولُ لِلرَّجُلِ: أَنْتَ مَوْلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَيْشِ نَقُولُ؟ قَالَ: دَعْهَا "