Abu Umama that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "Anyone who shows mercy, even to an animal meant
for slaughtering, will be shown mercy by Allah on the Day of Rising."
'Abdullah ibn al-'As reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "Show mercy and you will be shown mercy.
Forgive and Allah will forgive you. Woe to the vessels that catch words
(i.e. the ears). Woe to those who persist and consciously continue in what
they are doing."
حَدَّثَنَا طَلْقُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَزَلَ مَنْزِلاً فَأَخَذَ رَجُلٌ بَيْضَ حُمَّرَةٍ، فَجَاءَتْ تَرِفُّ عَلَى رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ: أَيُّكُمْ فَجَعَ هَذِهِ بِبَيْضَتِهَا؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنَا أَخَذْتُ بَيْضَتَهَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: ارْدُدْ، رَحْمَةً لَهَا.
'Abdullah reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, stopped in a place and then someone took a bird's eggs and the
bird began to beat its wings around the head of the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He asked, "Which of you has taken
its eggs?" A man said, "Messenger of Allah, I have taken its eggs." The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Return
them out off mercy to the bird."
Narrated 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, "A woman punished her cat by imprisoning
it until it died of hunger and because of it, she entered the Fire. It
was said - and Allah knows best:
'You did not feed it nor give it water
when you imprisoned it nor did you release it and let it eat from the plants
of the earth."
