A child playing with one of the pigeons of Makkah

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said concerning a child who kills one of the pigeons of the Haram: (He said to the father:) Slaughter a sheep on behalf of your child.

Umar (bin Hafs) said: When we were young boys, we came with Hafs bin Asim, and in our lodging (in Makkah) we caught a pigeon chick and played about with it until it died. Aishah bint Muti' bin al-Aswad (his wife) spoke to him, so he ordered that a ram be slaughtered; it was slaughtered and given in charity.

It is narrated from Hisham bin Urwah that some of Urwah's children were playing with the chicks of the pigeons of Makkah. My respected father ordered that a sheep be slaughtered, so it was slaughtered and then its meat was given in charity.

Al-Hasan said: If a child kills some game, its blood-penalty (dam) is due from the one who is performing Hajj with him.