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Hadith.2371 - Muhammad ibn Humran narrated from Abu Abdullah (as) from his father (as), who said
"I was with Ali ibn al-Husayn (as) in the Sacred Sanctuary, and he saw me troubling the swallows.
Imam (as) said: 'O my son, do not kill them and do not harm them, for they do not harm anything.'"
2371 - وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمْرَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ
«كُنْتُ مَعَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ بِالْحَرَمِ فَرَآنِي أُوذِي اَلْخَطَاطِيفَ فَقَالَ» «يَا بُنَيَّ لاَ تَقْتُلْهُنَّ وَ لاَ تُؤْذِهِنَّ فَإِنَّهُنَّ لاَ يُؤْذِينَ شَيْئاً».
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