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The Prohibition Of Killing Ants

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Darussalam · Volume 6

39. The Book of The Salâm (Greeting)

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الحديث: 2241 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 1759

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[5850] 149 - (...) It was narrated from Abû Hurairah that the Prophet ﷺ said: "One of the Prophets halted beneath a tree and an ant bit him. He ordered that his belongings be removed from beneath (the tree), then he ordered that it be burned. Allâh revealed to him: 'Why not punish just one ant?'"

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149 - (2241) حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِزَامِيَّ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «نَزَلَ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ، فَلَدَغَتْهُ نَمْلَةٌ، فَأَمَرَ بِجِهَازِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا، فَأُحْرِقَتْ فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ، فَهَلَّا نَمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً»

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