Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 13697 — A man who kills one of the pigeons

The father of Salih said: I performed Hajj with Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and we arrived in Makkah. I spread a bed for him in a house and he lay down. Meanwhile a pigeon came and settled in a window opening above the bed and began scratching with its feet. I feared that it would scatter dirt onto the bed and that Sayyiduna Uthman would wake up because of it, so I shooed the pigeon away. It settled in another window opening, and a snake came out and killed it. When Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) woke from his sleep, I told him about this. He said: "Pay a sheep on your own behalf." I said: "I only drove it away for your sake." He said: "Then pay a sheep on my behalf as well."