Sunan Abi Dawud · (Abwab Us Salam )
باب فِي قَتْلِ الذَّرِّ
Chapter: Regarding killing ants.
4 hadith · references 5265–5268
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Abu Dawud · 5265نَزَلَ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فَلَدَغَتْهُ نَمْلَةٌ , فَأَمَرَ بِجِهَازِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا , ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَأُحْرِقَتْ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ فَهَلَّا نَمْلَةً وَاحِدَةًAbu Hurairah reported the prophet ﷺ as saying: A prophet got down beneath a tree and he was stung by an ant. He ordered regarding the baggage and it was removed from beneath it. He then ordered regarding it and it was bu5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5266أَنَّ نَمْلَةً قَرَصَتْ نَبِيًّا مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ , فَأَمَرَ بِقَرْيَةِ النَّمْلِ فَأُحْرِقَتْ , فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ : أَفِي أَنْ قَرَصَتْكَ نَمْلَةٌ أَهْلَكْتَ أُمَّةً مِنَ الْأُمَمِ تُسَبِّحُ ؟Abu Hurairah reported Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: An ant stung a prophet. He ordered a colony of ants to be burned. Allah revealed to him: because an ant stung you, you have perished a community which glorifies Me.7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5267إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ prohibited to kill four creatures: ants, bees, hoopoes, and sparrow-hawks.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5268كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ , فَانْطَلَقَ لِحَاجَتِهِ , فَرَأَيْنَا حُمَّرَةً مَعَهَا فَرْخَانِ , فَأَخَذْنَا فَرْخَيْهَا , فَجَاءَتِ الْحُمَرَةُ , فَجَعَلَتْ تُفَرِّشُ , فَجَAbdur-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 Hummar6 narrators