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Sunan Abi Dawud 5265 (Book 43, Hadith 493) #25556
Kindness and Mercy towards All Creatures

SUMMARY: The Prophet (peace be upon him) taught us to be kind and merciful even to the smallest of creatures.

Abu hurairah reported the prophet (peace be upon him) 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 burnt. Allah then revealed to him : why not (just) one ant?
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ - عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ قَالَ ‏ "‏ نَزَلَ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فَلَدَغَتْهُ نَمْلَةٌ فَأَمَرَ بِجَهَازِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَأُحْرِقَتْ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ فَهَلاَّ نَمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً

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prophet  *  mercy  *  kindness  *  ants  *  nabi  *  rahmah

QUICK LESSONS:
Show kindness and mercy towards all living things no matter how small they are.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of being kind and merciful even to the smallest of creatures. It was narrated by Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (peace be upon him) once got stung by an ant while he was resting beneath a tree. He then ordered his companions to remove all his belongings from beneath it and burn them in anger. However, Allah revealed a message to him asking why he did not just kill one ant instead? This teaches us that we should always show kindness and mercy towards all living things no matter how small they are. We should never take out our anger on innocent creatures as this is against Islamic teachings.

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