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Sunan Abi Dawud 2549 (Book 15, Hadith 73) #22840
Kindness to Animals

SUMMARY: The Prophet ﷺ taught a lesson to the owner of a camel about taking care of animals and treating them with kindness.

'Abd Allaah bin Jafar said "The Apostle of Allaahﷺ seated me behind him(on his ride) one day, and told me secretly a thing asking me not to tell it to anyone. The place for easing dearer to the Apostle of Allaahﷺ was a mound or host of palm trees by which he could conceal himself. He entered the garden of a man from the Ansar(Helpers). All of a sudden when a Camel saw the Prophet ﷺ it wept tenderly producing yearning sound and it eyes flowed. The Prophet ﷺ came to it and wiped the temple of its head. So it kept silence. He then said "Who is the master of this Camel? Whose Camel is this? A young man from the Ansar came and said "This is mine, Apostle of Allaahﷺ". He said "Don’t you fear Allaah about this beast which Allaah has given in your possession. It has complained to me that you keep it hungry and load it heavily which fatigues it".
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، مَوْلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ ‏:‏ أَرْدَفَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَلْفَهُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَأَسَرَّ إِلَىَّ حَدِيثًا لاَ أُحَدِّثُ بِهِ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ، وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ مَا اسْتَتَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِحَاجَتِهِ هَدَفًا أَوْ حَائِشَ نَخْلٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏:‏ فَدَخَلَ حَائِطًا لِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَإِذَا جَمَلٌ فَلَمَّا رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حَنَّ وَذَرَفَتْ عَيْنَاهُ، فَأَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَمَسَحَ ذِفْرَاهُ فَسَكَتَ، فَقَالَ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ مَنْ رَبُّ هَذَا الْجَمَلِ، لِمَنْ هَذَا الْجَمَلُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَجَاءَ فَتًى مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ ‏:‏ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ أَفَلاَ تَتَّقِي اللَّهَ فِي هَذِهِ الْبَهِيمَةِ الَّتِي مَلَّكَكَ اللَّهُ إِيَّاهَا، فَإِنَّهُ شَكَى إِلَىَّ أَنَّكَ تُجِيعُهُ وَتُدْئِبُهُ
TOPICS
animal  *  care  *  possession  *  hunger  *  fatigue  *  dhayyin  *  hifz  *  mulk  *  joo  *  tasahul

QUICK LESSONS:
Treat animals kindly; Feed them properly; Do not overload them with work or other burdens beyond their capacity; Take responsibility for creatures in your possession; Show compassion towards animals

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of being kind and caring for animals. The Prophet Muhammad was riding with 'Abd Allaah bin Jafar when they came across a camel that was owned by an Ansari man. The camel was so sad that it started crying, which made the Prophet stop and take notice. He asked who owned the animal, and when he found out, he scolded him for not taking proper care of it. He said that Allah had given him possession over this animal, but he wasn't treating it properly by keeping it hungry or loading too much on its back which caused fatigue. This teaches us that we should be kind to all creatures in our possession, as Allah has given us responsibility over them and we must treat them well in return. We should make sure they are fed properly and not overloaded with work or other burdens beyond their capacity.

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