أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا النَّضْرُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ شُمَيْلٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَشْعَثُ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ نَزَلَ نَبِيٌّ مِنْ الْأَنْبِيَائِ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فَلَدَغَتْهُ نَمْلَةٌ فَأَمَرَ بِبَيْتِهِنَّ فَحُرِّقَ عَلَی مَا فِيهَا فَأَوْحَی اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ فَهَلَّا نَمْلَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ و قَالَ الْأَشْعَثُ عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِثْلَهُ وَزَادَ فَإِنَّهُنَّ يُسَبِّحْنَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4374
It was narrated from Al Hasan: “One of the prophets stopped beneath a tree and an ant bit him, so he gave instructions that their nest be burned with all the ants inside it. Then Allah revealed to him: ‘Why did you not punish just one ant?” Al-Ash’ath said: “A similar report was narrated from Ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, in which were added the words: ‘For they glorify Allah.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020