(177) باب فِي قَتْلِ الذَّرِّ
'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Abd Allah quoted his father as saying :
When we were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he had gone to releive himself, we saw a Hummarah with two young ones. We took the young ones. The Hummarah came and began to spread out its wings. Then the prophet (May peace be upon him) came and said : who has pained this young by the loss of her young? Give her young ones back to her. We also saw an ant-hill which we had burned. He asked? Who has burned this? We replied : we have. He said: it is not fitting that anyone but the lord of the fire should punish with fire.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 5268
In-book reference: Book 43, Hadith 496
English translation: Book 42, Hadith 5248