Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3319
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " نَزَلَ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فَلَدَغَتْهُ نَمْلَةٌ، فَأَمَرَ بِجَهَازِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِبَيْتِهَا فَأُحْرِقَ بِالنَّارِ، فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ فَهَلاَّ نَمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً ".
Ismaʿil ibn Abi Uways narrated to us: Malik narrated to me, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-Aʿraj, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘A prophet among the prophets once rested beneath a tree, and an ant bit him. He ordered that his belongings be moved from beneath it. Then he ordered that the ants’ dwelling be burned with fire. Allah revealed to him: “Why not just one ant?”’
Translation notes
Did not add the English witness’s parenthetical ‘that bit you’; the Arabic simply says ‘Why not one ant?’