How can the verse: "Allah presents an example: a slave owned who has power over nothing, and he whom We have provided with a good provision from Us, so he spends from it secretly and publicly. Are they equal? [All] praise is due to Allah. Rather, most of them do not know" (An-Nahl: 75) be understood in light of Islam's principle of not differentiating between master and slave? And does the hadith of the musk bearer and the blacksmith diminish the value of the blacksmith, even though his work is permissible?

Verse 75 of Surat An-Nahl was revealed to clarify the inequality between Allah, the Creator, the All-Powerful, and the impotent deities of the disbelievers. It provides an example distinguishing between a possessed slave who owns nothing and a free person with abundant provisions who spends secretly and openly, indicating that the polytheists equate the impotent with Allah, the All-Powerful. As for the agreed-upon Hadith about the good companion and the bad companion, it is an example to illustrate the effect of companionship, like the musk-bearer who imparts a pleasant scent and the blower of the bellows who causes harm. Both are given as parables to simplify and clarify meanings.