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tabarani:18932 – Aḥmad b. al-Faḍl al-ʿAskarī > Yaḥyá b. Rajāʾ al-Ḥarrānī > Khaṭṭāb b. al-Qāsim al-Asadī > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿUmar b. Yazīd from his father

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whoever kills a sparrow without a just cause, it will plead to Allah on the Day of Judgment, saying, 'O Lord, this person has killed me in vain, neither benefiting from my death nor leaving me be to live on Your earth."  

الطبراني:١٨٩٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ رَجَاءٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثَنَا خَطَّابُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ الْأَسَدِيُّ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَقْتُلُ عُصْفُورًا إِلَّا عَجَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ هَذَا قَتَلَنِي عَبَثًا فَلَا هُو انْتَفَعَ بِقَتْلَى وَلَا هُو تَرَكَنِي فَأَعِيشُ فِي أَرْضِكَ  

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ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ ذَبْحِ الْمَرْءِ شَيْئًا مِنَ الطُّيُورِ عَبَثًا دُونَ الْقَصْدِ فِي الِانْتِفَاعِ بِهِ

ibnhibban:5894 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sāmī > Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Abū ʿUbaydah al-Ḥaddād > Khalaf b. Mihrān > ʿĀmir al-Aḥwal > Ṣāliḥ b. Dīnār > ʿAmr b. al-Sharīd > al-Sharīd

"I heard Sharid say: 'I herd the Messenger of Allah say: Whoever kills a small bird for no reason, it will beseech Allah on the Day of Resurrection saying: O Lord, so and so killed me for no reason. And he did not kill me for any beneficial purpose."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4446)  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ الْحَدَّادُ عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَامِرٌ الْأَحْوَلُ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الشَّرِيدِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الشَّرِيدَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ قَتَلَ عُصْفُورًا عَبَثًا عَجَّ إِلَى اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ فُلَانًا قَتَلَنِي عَبَثًا وَلَمْ يَقْتُلْنِي مَنْفَعَةً»  

suyuti:19193a –
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السيوطي:١٩١٩٣a –

"مَا مِنْ أَحَد يَقْتُلُ عُصْفُورًا إلا عَجَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ هَذَا قَتَلَنِي عَبثًا، فَلا هُو انْتفَعَ بِقَتْلِي، وَلا هُوَ تَرَكَنِي فَأَعِيشُ فِي أَرْضِك".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن عمر بن يزيد عن أَبيه