عَنِ الشَّرِيدِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((مَنْ قَتَلَ عُصْفُورًا عَبَثًا، عَجَّ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْهُ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ فُلَانًا قَتَلَنِي عَبَثًا وَلَمْ يَقْتُلْنِي لِمَنْفَعَةٍ))
Narrated by Sayyiduna Shuraid bin Suwaid Thaqafi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever kills a sparrow without purpose, it will cry out before Allah Almighty on the Day of Resurrection, saying: Surely, so-and-so killed me without any purpose and did not kill me for any benefit.