{"id":5668,"date":"2012-08-29T22:31:40","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T02:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailyhadithonline.com\/?p=5668"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:07:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:07:03","slug":"prophet-protect-sparrows-ants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/","title":{"rendered":"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abdullah ibn Mas&#8217;ud reported: We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he went out to relieve himself. We saw a red sparrow that had two chicks with her and we took her chicks, so the sparrow started to flap her wings. The Prophet came to us, saying, \u201c<strong>Who has upset her by taking her children? Give her children back to her!<\/strong>\u201d The Prophet also saw an ant colony which we had burned, saying, \u201c<strong>Who burned this?<\/strong>\u201d We said that we did it. The Prophet said, \u201c<strong>No one should punish with fire except the Lord of the fire.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: Sunan Abi\u0304 Da\u0304wu\u0304d 5268<\/p>\n<p>Grade:\u00a0<strong><em>Sahih\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(authentic) according to Al-Nawawi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u0639\u064e\u0646\u0652 \u0639\u064e\u0628\u0652\u062f\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0647\u0650 \u0628\u0646 \u0645\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f \u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e \u0643\u064f\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0627 \u0645\u064e\u0639\u064e \u0631\u064e\u0633\u064f\u0648\u0644\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0647\u0650 \u0635\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0647\u064f \u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0647\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0633\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064e \u0641\u0650\u064a \u0633\u064e\u0641\u064e\u0631\u064d \u0641\u064e\u0627\u0646\u0652\u0637\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0642\u064e \u0644\u0650\u062d\u064e\u0627\u062c\u064e\u062a\u0650\u0647\u0650 \u0641\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0623\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u062d\u064f\u0645\u0651\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0629\u064b \u0645\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0641\u064e\u0631\u0652\u062e\u064e\u0627\u0646\u0650 \u0641\u064e\u0623\u064e\u062e\u064e\u0630\u0652\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0641\u064e\u0631\u0652\u062e\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0641\u064e\u062c\u064e\u0627\u0621\u064e\u062a\u0652 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u062d\u064f\u0645\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0629\u064f \u0641\u064e\u062c\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u062a\u0652 \u062a\u064f\u0641\u064e\u0631\u0651\u0650\u0634\u064f \u0641\u064e\u062c\u064e\u0627\u0621\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0628\u0650\u064a\u0651\u064f \u0635\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0647\u064f \u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0647\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0633\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064e \u0641\u064e\u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e \u0645\u064e\u0646\u0652 \u0641\u064e\u062c\u064e\u0639\u064e \u0647\u064e\u0630\u0650\u0647\u0650 \u0628\u0650\u0648\u064e\u0644\u064e\u062f\u0650\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0631\u064f\u062f\u0651\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0648\u064e\u0644\u064e\u062f\u064e\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0625\u0650\u0644\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0648\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0623\u064e\u0649 \u0642\u064e\u0631\u0652\u064a\u064e\u0629\u064e \u0646\u064e\u0645\u0652\u0644\u064d \u0642\u064e\u062f\u0652 \u062d\u064e\u0631\u0651\u064e\u0642\u0652\u0646\u064e\u0627\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0641\u064e\u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e \u0645\u064e\u0646\u0652 \u062d\u064e\u0631\u0651\u064e\u0642\u064e \u0647\u064e\u0630\u0650\u0647\u0650 \u0642\u064f\u0644\u0652\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0646\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0646\u064f \u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e \u0625\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0647\u064f \u0644\u064e\u0627 \u064a\u064e\u0646\u0652\u0628\u064e\u063a\u0650\u064a \u0623\u064e\u0646\u0652 \u064a\u064f\u0639\u064e\u0630\u0651\u0650\u0628\u064e \u0628\u0650\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0627\u0631\u0650 \u0625\u0650\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0627 \u0631\u064e\u0628\u0651\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0627\u0631\u0650<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">5268 \u0633\u0646\u0646 \u0623\u0628\u064a \u062f\u0627\u0648\u062f \u0623\u0628\u0648\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0648\u0645 \u0628\u0627\u0628 \u0641\u064a \u0642\u062a\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u0631<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">519 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0648\u0648\u064a \u062e\u0644\u0627\u0635\u0629 \u062d\u0643\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0625\u0633\u0646\u0627\u062f\u0647 \u0635\u062d\u064a\u062d \u0641\u064a \u062a\u062d\u0642\u064a\u0642 \u0631\u064a\u0627\u0636 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0627\u0644\u062d\u064a\u0646<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abdullah ibn Mas&#8217;ud reported: We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he went out to relieve himself. We saw a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3712,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,155,575,467,359,9,141,159,97,275,25,200,19],"class_list":["post-5668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sin-al-ithm","tag-manners-adab","tag-animals","tag-ants","tag-bad-deeds-al-sayyiat","tag-birds","tag-creation-al-khalq","tag-hellfire-nar-jahannam","tag-hereafter-akhirah","tag-legal-punishment-al-hudud","tag-punishment-al-uqubah","tag-rights-al-huquq","tag-torture-al-tadhib","tag-wrongdoing-al-thulm"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abdullah ibn Mas&#039;ud reported: We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he went out to relieve himself. We saw a red sparrow that had two chicks with her and we took her chicks, so the sparrow started to flap her wings. The Prophet came to\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abu Amina Elias\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 5.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Hadith Online\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abdullah ibn Mas&#039;ud reported: We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he went out to relieve himself. We saw a red sparrow that had two chicks with her and we took her chicks, so the sparrow started to flap her wings. The Prophet came to\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-Faith-in-Allah-Daily-Hadith-favicon.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-Faith-in-Allah-Daily-Hadith-favicon.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-08-30T02:31:40+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-26T11:07:03+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AbuAminaElias\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AbuAminaElias\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Abdullah ibn Mas&#039;ud reported: We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he went out to relieve himself. We saw a red sparrow that had two chicks with her and we took her chicks, so the sparrow started to flap her wings. The Prophet came to\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-Faith-in-Allah-Daily-Hadith-favicon.png\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/29\\\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants\",\"headline\":\"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/author\\\/justinelias\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/#person\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/29\\\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\\\/#articleImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ac174fedc6f718825258e9c552ae4c835551ef790921931b6d1f006800ac15ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Abu Amina Elias\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-29T22:31:40+04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-26T15:07:03+04:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/29\\\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/29\\\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Sin \\u0627\\u0644\\u0625\\u062b\\u0645, Adab (Manners) \\u0627\\u0644\\u0627\\u062f\\u0628, Animals \\u0627\\u0644\\u062d\\u064a\\u0648\\u0627\\u0646\\u0627\\u062a, Ants \\u0627\\u0644\\u0646\\u0645\\u0644, Bad Deeds \\u0627\\u0644\\u0633\\u064a\\u0626\\u0627\\u062a, Birds \\u0627\\u0644\\u0637\\u064a\\u0648\\u0631, Creation \\u0627\\u0644\\u062e\\u0644\\u0642, Hellfire \\u0646\\u0627\\u0631 \\u062c\\u0647\\u0646\\u0645, Hereafter \\u0627\\u0644\\u0622\\u062e\\u0631\\u0629, Hudud (Legal Punishments) \\u0627\\u0644\\u062d\\u062f\\u0648\\u062f, Punishment \\u0627\\u0644\\u0639\\u0642\\u0648\\u0628\\u0629, Rights \\u0627\\u0644\\u062d\\u0642\\u0648\\u0642, Torture \\u0627\\u0644\\u062a\\u0639\\u0630\\u064a\\u0628, Wrongdoing \\u0627\\u0644\\u0638\\u0644\\u0645\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/29\\\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/category\\\/sin-al-ithm\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Sin \\u0627\\u0644\\u0625\\u062b\\u0645\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/category\\\/sin-al-ithm\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sin \\u0627\\u0644\\u0625\\u062b\\u0645\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/category\\\/sin-al-ithm\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/29\\\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/29\\\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/category\\\/sin-al-ithm\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Sin \\u0627\\u0644\\u0625\\u062b\\u0645\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/#person\",\"name\":\"Abu Amina Elias\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/29\\\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\\\/#personImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ac174fedc6f718825258e9c552ae4c835551ef790921931b6d1f006800ac15ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Abu Amina Elias\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/abuaminaelias\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/justinrparrott\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/orcid.org\\\/0000-0002-0155-4959\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/author\\\/justinelias\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/author\\\/justinelias\\\/\",\"name\":\"Abu Amina Elias\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/29\\\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/cropped-Faith-in-Allah-Daily-Hadith-favicon.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/abuaminaelias\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/justinrparrott\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/orcid.org\\\/0000-0002-0155-4959\"],\"description\":\"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.\\u00a0\",\"knowsLanguage\":[\"Arabic\"]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/29\\\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/29\\\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants\",\"description\":\"Abdullah ibn Mas'ud reported: We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he went out to relieve himself. We saw a red sparrow that had two chicks with her and we took her chicks, so the sparrow started to flap her wings. The Prophet came to\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/29\\\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/author\\\/justinelias\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/author\\\/justinelias\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-29T22:31:40+04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-26T15:07:03+04:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Hadith Online\",\"description\":\"The Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad \\ufdfa\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abuaminaelias.com\\\/dailyhadithonline\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro -->\r\n\t\t<title>Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants<\/title>\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants","description":"Abdullah ibn Mas'ud reported: We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he went out to relieve himself. We saw a red sparrow that had two chicks with her and we took her chicks, so the sparrow started to flap her wings. The Prophet came to","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/#article","name":"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants","headline":"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/author\/justinelias\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/#person"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/#articleImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac174fedc6f718825258e9c552ae4c835551ef790921931b6d1f006800ac15ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Abu Amina Elias"},"datePublished":"2012-08-29T22:31:40+04:00","dateModified":"2026-01-26T15:07:03+04:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Sin \u0627\u0644\u0625\u062b\u0645, Adab (Manners) \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062f\u0628, Animals \u0627\u0644\u062d\u064a\u0648\u0627\u0646\u0627\u062a, Ants \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0645\u0644, Bad Deeds \u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0626\u0627\u062a, Birds \u0627\u0644\u0637\u064a\u0648\u0631, Creation \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0644\u0642, Hellfire \u0646\u0627\u0631 \u062c\u0647\u0646\u0645, Hereafter \u0627\u0644\u0622\u062e\u0631\u0629, Hudud (Legal Punishments) \u0627\u0644\u062d\u062f\u0648\u062f, Punishment \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0642\u0648\u0628\u0629, Rights \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0642\u0648\u0642, Torture \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0630\u064a\u0628, Wrongdoing \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0644\u0645"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/category\/sin-al-ithm\/#listItem","name":"Sin \u0627\u0644\u0625\u062b\u0645"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/category\/sin-al-ithm\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Sin \u0627\u0644\u0625\u062b\u0645","item":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/category\/sin-al-ithm\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/#listItem","name":"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/category\/sin-al-ithm\/#listItem","name":"Sin \u0627\u0644\u0625\u062b\u0645"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/#person","name":"Abu Amina Elias","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/#personImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac174fedc6f718825258e9c552ae4c835551ef790921931b6d1f006800ac15ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Abu Amina Elias"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/abuaminaelias\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/justinrparrott\/","https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0155-4959"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/author\/justinelias\/#author","url":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/author\/justinelias\/","name":"Abu Amina Elias","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-Faith-in-Allah-Daily-Hadith-favicon.png","width":512,"height":512},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/abuaminaelias\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/justinrparrott\/","https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0155-4959"],"description":"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.\u00a0","knowsLanguage":["Arabic"]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/","name":"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants","description":"Abdullah ibn Mas'ud reported: We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he went out to relieve himself. We saw a red sparrow that had two chicks with her and we took her chicks, so the sparrow started to flap her wings. The Prophet came to","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/author\/justinelias\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/author\/justinelias\/#author"},"datePublished":"2012-08-29T22:31:40+04:00","dateModified":"2026-01-26T15:07:03+04:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/","name":"Daily Hadith Online","description":"The Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad \ufdfa","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Daily Hadith Online","og:type":"article","og:title":"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants","og:description":"Abdullah ibn Mas'ud reported: We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he went out to relieve himself. We saw a red sparrow that had two chicks with her and we took her chicks, so the sparrow started to flap her wings. The Prophet came to","og:url":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/29\/prophet-protect-sparrows-ants\/","og:image":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-Faith-in-Allah-Daily-Hadith-favicon.png","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-Faith-in-Allah-Daily-Hadith-favicon.png","og:image:width":512,"og:image:height":512,"article:published_time":"2012-08-30T02:31:40+00:00","article:modified_time":"2026-01-26T11:07:03+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AbuAminaElias","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:site":"@AbuAminaElias","twitter:title":"Hadith on Animals: The Prophet protects sparrows, ants","twitter:description":"Abdullah ibn Mas'ud reported: We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he went out to relieve himself. We saw a red sparrow that had two chicks with her and we took her chicks, so the sparrow started to flap her wings. The Prophet came to","twitter:image":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-Faith-in-Allah-Daily-Hadith-favicon.png"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"5668","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"article","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"summary","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"WebPage","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":"{\"article\":{\"articleType\":\"BlogPosting\"},\"course\":{\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"provider\":\"\"},\"faq\":{\"pages\":[]},\"product\":{\"reviews\":[]},\"recipe\":{\"ingredients\":[],\"instructions\":[],\"keywords\":[]},\"software\":{\"reviews\":[],\"operatingSystems\":[]},\"webPage\":{\"webPageType\":\"WebPage\"}}","pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","location":null,"local_seo":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":"2026-07-26 02:18:21","breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"reviewed_by":"0","open_ai":null,"ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":[],"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"created":"2020-12-21 01:58:34","updated":"2026-07-26 02:18:21","focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p95VHY-1tq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35080,"url":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2021\/01\/28\/prophet-comforts-boy\/","url_meta":{"origin":5668,"position":0},"title":"Hadith on Pets: The Prophet comforts a boy whose pet bird died","author":"Abu Amina Elias","date":"January 28, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would come to us and I had a little brother whose nickname was Abu \u2018Umayr. He had a pet sparrow he used to play with and it died. The Prophet entered one day and saw him\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Wisdom \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0643\u0645\u0629&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Wisdom \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0643\u0645\u0629","link":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/category\/wisdom-al-hikmah\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9797,"url":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/11\/14\/allah-reprimands-prophet-ants\/","url_meta":{"origin":5668,"position":1},"title":"Hadith on Animals: Allah rebukes a prophet for killing ants","author":"Abu Amina Elias","date":"November 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, \u201cAn ant bit one of the Prophets, so he ordered that the colony of ants be burned. Allah revealed to him: One ant has bitten you, so you destroy one of the nations that praise Allah?\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sin \u0627\u0644\u0625\u062b\u0645&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sin \u0627\u0644\u0625\u062b\u0645","link":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/category\/sin-al-ithm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4526,"url":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/08\/08\/allah-more-merciful\/","url_meta":{"origin":5668,"position":2},"title":"Hadith on Rahmah: Allah more merciful than a mother to her child","author":"Abu Amina Elias","date":"August 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Umar ibn al-Khattab reported: Some prisoners of war were brought to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and a nursing woman was among them. Whenever she found a child among the prisoners, she would take it to her chest and nurse it. The Prophet said to us, \u201cDo\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Faith \u0627\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0645\u0627\u0646&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Faith \u0627\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0645\u0627\u0646","link":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/category\/faith-iman\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23234,"url":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2016\/06\/15\/never-beloved-hellfire\/","url_meta":{"origin":5668,"position":3},"title":"Hadith on Love: Allah never throws His beloved into Hellfire","author":"Abu Amina Elias","date":"June 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Anas reported: There was a child on the road as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, passed through with his companions. When the mother saw the people coming, she was afraid they would trample her son. She quickly gathered him up, saying, \"My son! My son!\" The companions\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Faith \u0627\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0645\u0627\u0646&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Faith \u0627\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0645\u0627\u0646","link":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/category\/faith-iman\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29404,"url":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2019\/05\/14\/beware-ingratitude-spouses\/","url_meta":{"origin":5668,"position":4},"title":"Hadith on Kufran: Beware ingratitude to husbands, wives, spouses","author":"Abu Amina Elias","date":"May 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Asma\u2019 reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, passed by a group of women in the mosque one day. The Prophet waved with his hand to greet them with peace and he said, \u201cBeware of ingratitude to those who bless you. Beware of ingratitude to those\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sin \u0627\u0644\u0625\u062b\u0645&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sin \u0627\u0644\u0625\u062b\u0645","link":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/category\/sin-al-ithm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8097,"url":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/10\/13\/prophet-children-jokes-plays\/","url_meta":{"origin":5668,"position":5},"title":"Hadith on Kids: The Prophet plays with children, tell jokes","author":"Abu Amina Elias","date":"October 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was the best of people in character. I had a brother who was called Abu 'Umayr. When the Prophet would come and see him, he said, \"What has the little sparrow done?\" And he would play\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Wisdom \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0643\u0645\u0629&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Wisdom \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0643\u0645\u0629","link":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/category\/wisdom-al-hikmah\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3712"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}