about the punishment of the Hereafter. If our pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـه saw anyone being cruel to animals, they would stop them instantly.

Do not drag the leg of the animal who is to be slaughtered

Once, Amir-ul-Mu’mineen Hazrat Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ saw a person who was dragging the leg of a goat in order to slaughter it. Sayyiduna Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ said, “May you be put into difficulties. Take it towards its death in a good manner.” (Musannaf Abdur Razzaq, vol. 4, pp. 376, Hadees 8636)

Tying an animal and making it a target

Once, Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُمَا walked past some youngsters of Quraysh who had tied a bird and were making it a target by throwing arrows towards it. When they saw Abdullah bin Umar رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُمَا coming towards them, they began to disperse. He asked, “Who has done this? May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ curse those who do these types of acts. Verily, the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has cursed that person who plays archery by making a living thing the target.” (Muslim, pp. 1082, Hadees 1958)

Burning animals

Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ narrates: We were once travelling with the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. When he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم went for the call of nature, we saw a sparrow who had 2 baby sparrows, so we grabbed them. The sparrow came and began to flap its wings. The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم came and asked: “Who caused the sparrow inconvenience in the matter of its baby sparrows? Return its baby sparrows to it.” Then, the Holy Prophet          صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم saw a hole of ants that we had burnt. He صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم asked: “Who has burnt this?” We replied, “Us.” The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then said, “Other than Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ The Owner of fire, no one is allowed to hurt anyone or anything by the means of fire.”

(Abu Dawood, vol. 3, pp. 75, Hadees 2675)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد