(42) باب مَنْ قَتَلَ عُصْفُورًا بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهَا
It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr, who attributed it to the Messenger of Allah:
"There is no person who kills a small bird or anything larger, for no just reason, but Allah will ask him about it." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, what does 'just reason mean?" He said: "That you slaughters it and eat it, and o not cut off its head and throw it aside," (DE)
Reference (DE): Sunan an-Nasa'i 4445 (DE)
In-book reference (DE): Book 43, Hadith 85 (DE)
English translation (DE): Vol. 5, Book 43, Hadith 4450 (DE)