Wisdom of The Holy Prophet — Page 26
26 10. The Holy Prophet (peace be on him) forbade a living creature being used for target practice. 11. The Holy Prophet (peace be on him) forbade brand ing or striking an animal on the face. 12. The Holy Prophet (peace be on him) forbade animal fights. 13. The Holy Prophet (peace be on him) forbade the skins of wild beasts being used as floor coverings or as mattresses. 14. When the Holy Prophet (peace be on him) arrived in Medina he found that people were in the habit of carving off the humps of live camels and the rumps of live fat-tailed sheep and forbade the practice. He declared such meat forbidden, like the meat of a dead animal. 15. The Holy Prophet (peace be on him) passed by a camel whose belly was drawn up to its back, and admonished: Fea-r Allah in the matter of these dumb animals. ride them when they are in good condition and slaughter them for meat when they are in good condition. 16. A woman of easy virtue happened to pass by a dog stretched out near � well in an agony of thirst. She took off her shoe, tied it to her scarf and drew up water from the well for the dog to drink. All her sins were forgiven because of this. 17. Abdullah son of Masud has related: We saw a little red bird with two little fledglings and we took the young ones away from it. The bird kept fluttering its wings piteously and crawling on the ground. Then the Prophet (peace be on him) came by and saw the bird and admonished: Who has distressed this bird? Restore its little ones to it. * * *