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Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2826 — The vastness of Allah's mercy

وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَسَّانُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْكَرْمَانِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْرُوقٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ ، فَأَصَابَ بَعْضُهُمْ فَرْخَ عُصْفُورٍ ، فَجَعَلَ الْعُصْفُورُ يَقَعُ عَلَى رِحَالِهِمْ ، فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ فَرْخُهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : لَلَّهُ أَرْحَمُ بِعَبْدِهِ مِنْ هَذَا الْعُصْفُورِ بِفَرْخِهِ .
It is narrated from one of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with him) of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey, and some of the people caught the chick of a sparrow. At this the sparrow (restless with love) began to fall upon their saddles, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that its chick be returned to it. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah is certainly more merciful to His servant than this sparrow is to its chick."
Al-Harith bin Abi Usamah narrated it in his Musnad (Bughyat al-Bahith: 1045). Its basis is narrated in Sahih Muslim (2754) from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) with the incident of a captive woman, while this incident of the sparrow is also found in Sunan Abi Dawud (2675) and Musnad Ahmad (4400).
Hadith Reference المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب الأدب / 2826
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