Al-Adab Al-Mufrad #471
Compassion
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: كُنْتُ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ فِيهِ صُعُوبَةٌ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: عَلَيْكِ بِالرِّفْقِ، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَكُونُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلا زَانَهُ، وَلاَ يُنْزَعُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلا شَانَهُ.
'A'isha, may Allah be pleased with her, said, "I was on a camel
which was somewhat intractable and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, remarked, 'You must be compassionate. Whenever there is
compassion in something, it adorns it, and when it is removed from something
it disgraces it."
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This hadith is #471 from Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, in the Book of Compassion.