Darussalam · Volume 5
42. The Book Of HuntingAnd SlaughteringSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4358 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 210
Source no. 4358 · Volume 9 · Page 430
Sahih
صحيح
Source no. 4065 · Volume 3 · Page 911
Sahih
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4363. It was narrated from Abû Hurairah from the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ: "An ant bit one of the prophets, and he ordered that the ant nest be burned. Then Allâh revealed to him: 'One ant bit you, and you destroyed one of the nations that glorify Allâh.'" (Sahih)
4358 - أَخْبَرَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَيَانٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَنَّ نَمْلَةً قَرَصَتْ نَبِيًّا مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، فَأَمَرَ بِقَرْيَةِ النَّمْلِ، فَأُحْرِقَتْ، فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ قَدْ قَرَصَتْكَ نَمْلَةٌ أَهْلَكْتَ أُمَّةً مِنَ الْأُمَمِ تُسَبِّحُ»
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1. To kill ants unnecessarily is not permitted. If they become harmful to human beings, then they could be killed. Allâh, Most High, did not express His displeasure upon the killing of one single ant but upon killing numerous of them, because they were guiltless. 2. Burning them with fire might probably have been allowed in their Shari'ah or the Divine law; it is forbidden in our Shar'iah. 3. Forbiddance to kill it is the evidence of its being unlawful.