At a glance
«فَرَأَيْنَا حُمَّرَةً مَعَهَا فَرْخَانِ فَأَخَذْنَا فَرْخَيْهَا فَجَاءَتِ الْحُمَّرَةُ فَجَعَلَتْ تُعَرِّشُ، فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ فَقَالَ: مَنْ فَجَعَ هَذِهِ بِوَلَدِهَا؟ رُدُّوا وَلَدَهَا إِلَيْهَا. وَرَأَى قَرْيَةَ نَمْلٍ قَدْ حَرَّقْنَاهَا فَقَالَ: مَنْ حَرَّقَ هَذِهِ؟ قُلْنَا نَحْنُ، قَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ بِالنَّارِ إِلَّا رَبُّ النَّارِ»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Connections
People and things also explored
Abu Dawud 5265 — A prophet stung by an ant: why not just the one ant· Abu Dawud 5266 — A prophet stung by an ant: why not just the one ant· Abu Dawud 5267 — He forbade killing four creatures· Bukhari 3019 — A prophet stung by an ant: why not just the one ant· Bukhari 3319 — A prophet stung by an ant: why not just the one ant· Ibn Majah 3225 — A prophet stung by an ant: why not just the one ant· Muslim 1887 — The souls of the martyrs in green birds: I shall tell them about you· Muslim 2241 — A prophet stung by an ant: why not just the one ant
Sources
- Sunan Abi Dawud
- hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Dawud 5268 — The hummarah's chicks and the burned ant-hill”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/abudawud-5268/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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