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Sahih Muslim 2234a (Book 39, Hadith 186) #12924
Compassion Towards Animals

SUMMARY: Allah's Messenger taught us to be merciful and compassionate even towards animals, as Allah is merciful and compassionate towards us.

'Abdullah reported: We were with Allah's Messenger in a cave when there was revealed to him (the Sura al-Mursalat, i. e. Sura lxxvii.:" By those sent forth to spread goodness" ) and we had just heard (it) from his lips that there appeared before us a snake. He said: Kill it. We hastened to kill it, but it slipped away from us, thereupon Allah's Messenger said: Allah saved it from your harm just as he saved you from its evil.
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ - وَاللَّفْظُ لِيَحْيَى - قَالَ يَحْيَى وَإِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ فِي غَارٍ وَقَدْ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ ‏{‏ وَالْمُرْسَلاَتِ عُرْفًا‏}‏ ‏.‏ فَنَحْنُ نَأْخُذُهَا مِنْ فِيهِ رَطْبَةً إِذْ خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ اقْتُلُوهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا لِنَقْتُلَهَا فَسَبَقَتْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ وَقَاهَا اللَّهُ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وَقَاكُمْ شَرَّهَا

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mercy  *  compassion  *  animals

QUICK LESSONS:
Show mercy and compassion even towards animals

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith tells us about the importance of being kind and merciful to animals. It was narrated by Abdullah, who was with the Prophet Muhammad in a cave when they encountered a snake. The Prophet asked them to kill it, but it escaped before they could do so. The Prophet then said that Allah had saved the snake from their harm just as He had saved them from its evil. This teaches us that we should show mercy and compassion even towards animals, just as Allah shows mercy and compassion towards us. We should not harm any living creature without good reason, for all creatures are under the protection of God Almighty.

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