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Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2828 — The vastness of Allah's mercy

وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ : حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَزْهَرِ قَالَ : إِنَّ رَجُلًا مَرَّ بِفَرْخَيْ طَيْرٍ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبُوهُمَا يَحُومُ عَلَيْهِمَا ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَخَذْتَ هَذَيْنِ الْفَرْخَيْنِ ، وَأَبُوهُمَا يَحُومُ عَلَيْهِمَا ، أَلَا تَرَكْتَ لَهُ أَحَدَهُمَا ، فَتَقَرَّ بِهِ عَيْنُهُ .
It is narrated from Abu al-Azhar that a man passed by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with two chicks of a bird while their father (the male bird) was circling over them. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said (at his callousness): "You have taken these two chicks while their father is circling around them. Why did you not leave one of them for it, so that 'its eye would be cooled by it' (and it would find peace of heart)?"
Al-Harith bin Abi Usamah narrated it in his Musnad. Its chain contains the narrator Ibn Lahi'ah, who is da'if (weak) due to the weakness of his memory; however, its meaning is supported by other sahih hadith concerning showing mercy to birds and not harming them.
Hadith Reference المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب الأدب / 2828
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