Sunan Ibn Majah

Hadith 3225

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What It Is Forbidden To Kill

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Darussalam · Volume 4

28. Chapters On Hunting

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الحديث: 3225 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1075

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3225. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet of Allāh ﷺ said: "One of the Prophets was bitten by an ant, so he ordered that the ant colony be burned. Then Allāh revealed to him: 'Because one ant bit you, you destroy one of the nations that glorify Allāh?'" (Sahih) Another chain with similar wording, and he said (in the beginning): "(An ant) bit..." (Sahih)

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3225 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْمِصْرِيَّانِ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " إِنَّ نَبِيًّا مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ قَرَصَتْهُ نَمْلَةٌ، فَأَمَرَ بِقَرْيَةِ النَّمْلِ، فَأُحْرِقَتْ، فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَيْهِ: أَفِي أَنْ قَرَصَتْكَ نَمْلَةٌ، أَهْلَكْتَ أُمَّةً مِنَ الْأُمَمِ، تُسَبِّحُ " حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ نَحْوَهُ وَقَالَ: قَرَصَتْ بَابُ النَّهْيِ عَنِ الْخَذْفِ

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a. Insects should not be killed. However, killing those insects that are harmful for humans, and their benefits are not apparent, is lawful. b. All the creatures of Allāh glorify Allāh and worship Him.