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The mouse

الفأرة

One of the five vermin the pilgrim may kill without sin; the fuwaysiqa that can set the house ablaze, so the lamp is put out; and if it falls into the ghee it is lifted out with what is around it.

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Animals and mercy

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Mentioned in
Muwatta 2686· Muwatta 2785· Muwatta 1026· Muwatta 1027· Muwatta 1028· Muwatta 1031

People and things also explored

The crow· The kite· Muwatta, Book of Pilgrimage (hajj)· The scorpion and the five pests· Malik ibn Anas· Muhammad· Muwatta, Book of Miscellaneous (al-jami')· Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab

Sources

  • Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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The crow

God sent a crow scratching the ground to show one of Adam's sons, who had killed his brother, how to hide his brother's nakedness; he cried 'Am I too weak to be like this crow?' The crow is among the vermin the Prophet permitted killing.