Silsilah as-Sahihah 2850 — Reward for Kindness to Living Beings

Sayyiduna Muawiyah bin Qurrah narrates from his father that a man said: O Messenger of Allah! I slaughter a goat and show kindness to it (how is this act?). The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "If you have shown kindness to the goat, then Allah, the Exalted, will have mercy on you."