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ahmad:3763Abū al-Naḍr > al-Masʿūdī > al-Ḥasan b. Saʿd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] He said: The Prophet ﷺ stayed in a place and then went out to attend to his need and he came across a fire that a man had set on a village of ants either on the ground or on a tree. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who is responsible for this?" A man from the people said, "It is me, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Extinguish it, extinguish it."  

أحمد:٣٧٦٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ نَزَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْزِلًا فَانْطَلَقَ لِحَاجَتِهِ فَجَاءَ وَقَدْ أَوْقَدَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى قَرْيَةِ نَمْلٍ إِمَّا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَإِمَّا فِي شَجَرَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّكُمْ فَعَلَ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ أَطْفِهَا أَطْفِهَا