The crow

God sent a crow scratching the ground to show one of Adam's sons, who had killed his brother, how to hide his brother's nakedness; he cried 'Am I too weak to be like this crow?' The crow is among the vermin the Prophet ﷺ permitted killing.

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In the Qur'an · 1

  1. فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُرِيَهُۥ كَيْفَ يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَةَ أَخِيهِ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ أَعَجَزْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِثْلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْغُرَابِ فَأُوَٰرِىَ سَوْءَةَ أَخِى ۖ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّـٰدِمِينَ

    Then Allah sent a raven scratching up the ground, to show him how to hide his brother's naked corpse. He said: Woe unto me! Am I not able to be as this raven and so hide my brother's naked corpse? And he became repentant.

    Qur'an 5:31

In the hadith · 4

  1. Muwatta 1026

  2. Muwatta 1027

  3. Muwatta 1028

  4. Muwatta 1031