Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 3542
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَانْطَلَقَ لِحَاجَتِهِ فَرَأَيْنَا حُمْرَةً مَعَهَا فَرْخَانِ فَأَخَذْنَا فَرْخَيْهَا فَجَاءَتِ الْحُمْرَةُ فَجَعَلَتْ تَفْرُشُ فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «مَنْ فَجَعَ هَذِهِ بِوَلَدِهَا؟ رُدُّوا وَلَدَهَا إِلَيْهَا» . وَرَأَى قَرْيَةَ نَمْلٍ قَدْ حَرَّقْنَاهَا قَالَ: «مَنْ حَرَّقَ هَذِهِ؟» فَقُلْنَا: نَحْنُ قَالَ: «إِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ بِالنَّارِ إِلاَّ ربُّ النَّار» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Abd al-Rahman ibn Abdullah, from his father, reported: We were with the Messenger of God on a journey. He went away to relieve himself, and we saw a humarah with two chicks, which we took. The humarah came and began beating its wings. The Prophet came and said, Who has distressed this bird by taking its young? Return its young to it. He saw an anthill that we had burned and asked, Who burned this? We replied, We did. He said, No one should punish with fire except the Lord of the Fire. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
Translation notes
The Arabic names the bird as humarah and gives no species gloss; the witness's explanatory footnote is not part of the Arabic text.