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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad: Hadith 382

20. Mercy

الأدب المفرد

20/178 Chapter:

Birds in cages

بَابُ الطَّيْرِ فِي الْقَفَصِ

382
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Sahih (Al-Albani)
حَدَّثَنَا طَلْقُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَزَلَ مَنْزِلاً فَأَخَذَ رَجُلٌ بَيْضَ حُمَّرَةٍ، فَجَاءَتْ تَرِفُّ عَلَى رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ‏:‏ أَيُّكُمْ فَجَعَ هَذِهِ بِبَيْضَتِهَا‏؟‏ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ‏:‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنَا أَخَذْتُ بَيْضَتَهَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ ارْدُدْ، رَحْمَةً لَهَا‏.‏
Abdullah reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) stopped in a place and then someone took a bird's eggs and the bird began to beat its wings around the head of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He asked, "Which of you has taken its eggs?" A man said, "Messenger of Allah, I have taken its eggs." The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Return them out off mercy to the bird."
Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 382
In-book : Book 20, Hadith 11
English translation : Book 20, Hadith 382