Fudayl on Ihsan: Be good to all creatures, even animals

Muhammad ibn Thabit reported: Fudayl ibn ‘Iyad, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Know that if the servant treated everyone well, but he was evil to his chickens, he would not be recorded among the good-doers.”

Source: Tafsīr Ibn Abī Ḥātim 2:195

عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ قَالَ فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَوْ أَحْسَنَ الإِحْسَانَ كُلَّهُ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ دَجَاجَةٌ فَأَسَاءَ إِلَيْهَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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