Malik related to me from Yunus ibn Yusuf from Ata ibn Yasar thatAbu Ayyub al-Ansari found some boys who had driven a fox into acorner, and he chased them away from it.Malik said, "I onlyknow that he said, 'Is this done in the Haram of the Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?' "
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 45, Hadith 12
Arabic reference: Book 45, Hadith 1612