"I never even saw his leg and I was his property"

Abu al-Abbas al-Azhari said:

سمعت خادمة محمد بن يحيى , وهو على السرير يُغَسَّل , تقول : خدمته ثلاثين سنة , وكنت أضع له الماء , فما رأيت سَاقَهُ قطُّ , وأنا مِلْكٌ له

ENGLISH:

"I heard the servant of Muhammad bin Yahya adh-Dhuhli saying, while he was being washed: "I served him for thirty years, and I would give him his water, and I never even saw his leg, and I was his property."

NEDERLANDS:

"Toen Muhammad bin Yahya adh-Dhuhli werd gewassen, hoorde ik zijn slaaf zeggen: "Ik heb hem 30 jaar gediend, en ik zou hem zijn water geven maar ik heb in al die tijd niet eens zijn been gezien terwijl ik zijn bezit was".

["Siyar A’lam an-Nubala", 12/279].