al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4520
✧ Who Killed a Bird Unjustly?
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أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ وَاصِلٍ عَنْ خَلَفٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَامِرٌ الْأَحْوَلُ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الشَّرِيدِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الشَّرِيدَ يَقُولُ
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ قَتَلَ عُصْفُورًا عَبَثًا عَجَّ إِلَى اللهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ فُلَانًا قَتَلَنِي عَبَثًا وَلَمْ يَقْتُلْنِي لِمَنْفَعَةٍ
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Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Dāwud
- Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal
- Abū ʿUbaydah ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Wāṣil
- Khalaf / Ibn Mihrān
- ʿĀmir al-Aḥwal
- Ṣāliḥ b. Dīnār
- ʿAmr b. al-Sharīd
- al-Sharīd
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever kills a sparrow in vain, it will cry out to Allah on the Day of Resurrection, saying: 'O Lord, so-and-so killed me in vain and did not kill me for any benefit.'"
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