Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Ata that a man closed the door on a pigeon and its chicks and went to Mina and Arafat. When he returned, the pigeon and its chicks had died. That man went to Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) and mentioned this to him. He made it obligatory for him to give three goats, and another person gave the same ruling along with him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ata bin Saib that we entered a house and a pigeon was confined in the house, due to which the pigeon died. We asked Hazrat Ata about this, and he said that in this case, a goat must be given.

Hazrat Saeed bin Al-Musayyib says that a goat is obligatory for this.

Hazrat Ata says that whoever kills a pigeon from among the pigeons of Makkah, a goat becomes obligatory upon him.

Hazrat Ata says that in this case, a goat is obligatory.

Hazrat Salamah bin Muhariz says that I closed my door in Makkah, and when I opened it again, two birds had died. I asked Hazrat Tawus about this. He said: Slaughter two goats.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) said: For every bird (pigeon) of the Haram, it is obligatory to give one goat in compensation.

Hazrat Ata says: For the dabsi bird (which is red and black in color), the pigeon with a beautiful voice, and the al-akhḍar bird (which is considered unlucky among the Arabs), a goat is obligatory in exchange.

Hazrat Hakam narrates from a Sheikh of Makkah that there was a pigeon sitting at home which fell onto the hand of Hazrat Umar. Hazrat Umar gestured with his hand, so it flew and sat on a house in Makkah where a snake ate it. Hazrat Umar made a goat obligatory upon himself.

Hazrat Salih’s father narrates that I performed Hajj with Hazrat Uthman. I prepared a bed for him in a house, and he lay down. Meanwhile, a pigeon came and sat on the skylight above the bed and began to scratch with its feet. I was afraid that it would drop dirt or something else onto the bed, which would wake Hazrat Uthman, so I shooed the pigeon away. It then sat on another skylight, from which a snake emerged and killed it. When Hazrat Uthman woke up from his sleep, I told him about this incident. He said, “Offer a goat as compensation on your behalf.” I said, “I only drove it away because of you.” He replied, “Then offer a goat on my behalf as well.”

Hazrat Ata says that the first person to pay compensation for the birds of the Haram was Hazrat Uthman.

Hazrat Saeed bin Al-Musayyib says that if the pigeons of the Haram are killed in Makkah, then it is obligatory to give a goat in compensation.

Hazrat Hakam and Hazrat Hammad state that we asked Ibrahim: If a person caught the chicks of a bird and then intended to return them, but the chicks died, he replied that the person is liable for those chicks.