'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Abd Allah quoted his father as saying : When we were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he had gone to relieve 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 (May peace be upon him) 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.
The Prophet's teachings remind us that we must show compassion for all living creatures regardless of their size or importance in our lives because God has created everything in this world for a purpose and we must respect His creation by being kind to it. We must also remember that God is watching over us at all times so we should always strive to do what is right according to His teachings so that He may reward us in this life and hereafter.
