At a glance
«إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ أَرْبَعٍ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ: النَّمْلَةُ، وَالنَّحْلَةُ، وَالْهُدْهُدُ، وَالصُّرَدُ»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Connections
- Mentions
- The ant· The bee· The hoopoe· The shrike
People and things also explored
Abu Dawud 5265 — A prophet stung by an ant: why not just the one ant· Abu Dawud 5266 — A prophet stung by an ant: why not just the one ant· Abu Dawud 5268 — The hummarah's chicks and the burned ant-hill· Bukhari 3019 — A prophet stung by an ant: why not just the one ant· Bukhari 3319 — A prophet stung by an ant: why not just the one ant· Bukhari 5684 — Give him honey: God spoke true, your brother's belly lied· Ibn Majah 3225 — A prophet stung by an ant: why not just the one ant· Muslim 2241 — A prophet stung by an ant: why not just the one ant
Sources
- Sunan Abi Dawud
- hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Dawud 5267 — He forbade killing four creatures”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/abudawud-5267/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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