Muhammad Reda Shirazi
2005
A man brought the chick of a bird to the gathering of the Prophet and his companions, and they noticed that the parent of the chick was following it, flapping around it. When the man sat down its parent threw itself upon its chick, and did not concern itself with the danger, out of care towards its chick. This astonished the companions. The Prophet Muhammad then turned to his companionsand said: (Are you amazed at this bird? You have taken its chick and it threw itself into danger out of mercy for the chick! I swear by God, your Lord is more merciful to you than this bird is to its chick). Then he turned to the man and asked him to let the chick go.
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