‏الإمارة : Hadeeth No:4529 This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters, and he said:" a negro slave"....

‏الزهد والرقائق‏ : Hadeeth No:7114 Abu Huraira reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as stating that Allaah the Most High and Exalted said: I am the One, One Who does not stand in need of a partner. If anyone does anything in which he associates anyone else with Me, I shall abandon him with one whom he associates...