English narration
Narrated by عبد الله بن مسعود
Abdur-Rahman bin Abdullah quoted his father as saying: When we were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he had gone to releive himself, we saw a Hummarah with two young ones. We took the young ones. The Hummarah came and began to spread out its wings. Then the prophet ﷺ came and said: who has pained this young by the loss of her young? Give her young ones back to her. We also saw an ant-hill which we had burned. He asked? Who has burned this? We replied: we have. He said: it is not fitting that anyone but the lord of the fire should punish with fire.
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ مَحْبُوبُ بْنُ مُوسَى , أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاق الْفَزَارِيُّ , عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق الشَّيْبَانِيِّ , عَنْ ابْنِ سَعْدٍ , قَالَ أبو داود : وَهُوَ الْحَسَنُ بن سعد , عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ , عَنْ أَبِيهِ , قَالَ : "
كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ , فَانْطَلَقَ لِحَاجَتِهِ , فَرَأَيْنَا حُمَّرَةً مَعَهَا فَرْخَانِ , فَأَخَذْنَا فَرْخَيْهَا , فَجَاءَتِ الْحُمَرَةُ , فَجَعَلَتْ تُفَرِّشُ , فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فَقَالَ :
" مَنْ فَجَعَ هَذِهِ بِوَلَدِهَا ؟ رُدُّوا وَلَدَهَا إِلَيْهَا , وَرَأَى قَرْيَةَ نَمْلٍ قَدْ حَرَّقْنَاهَا , فَقَالَ : مَنْ حَرَّقَ هَذِهِ ؟ , قُلْنَا : نَحْنُ , قَالَ : إِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ بِالنَّارِ إِلَّا رَبُّ النَّارِ " .