Hadith #401
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ مِخْرَاقٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّه
ِ إِنِّي لَأَذْبَحُ الشَّاةَ وَأَنَا أَرْحَمُهَا أَوْ قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَرْحَمُ الشَّاةَ أَنْ أَذْبَحَهَا فَقَالَ وَالشَّاةُ إِنْ رَحِمْتَهَا رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ
Isnad Chain
إسماعيل بن إبراهيم
زياد بن مخراق
معاوية بن قرة
أبيه
English Translation
Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us: Ziyād ibn Mikhrāq narrated to us, from Muʿāwiyah ibn Qurrah, from his father [Qurrah ibn Iyās] (رضي الله عنه) that a man said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, I am about to slaughter a sheep and I feel mercy for it' — or he said: 'I feel mercy for the sheep that I should slaughter it.' He ﷺ said: 'If you show mercy to it, Allāh will show mercy to you.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 30, Hadith 401
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15039
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-51429