سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ قَتْلِ الْخُطَّافِ أَوْ إِيذَائِهِنَّ فِي الْحَرَمِ فَقَالَ لَا يُقْتَلْنَ فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) فَرَآنِي وَ أَنَا أُوذِيهِنَّ فَقَالَ لِي يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تَقْتُلْهُنَّ وَ لَا تُؤْذِهِنَّ فَإِنَّهُنَّ لَا يُؤْذِينَ شَيْئاً .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel Bin Darraj who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about killing the swallows, or hurting them in the Sanctuary. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Do not kill them, for I<sup>asws</sup> was in the presence of Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup>, so he<sup>asws</sup> saw me<sup>asws</sup> troubling them. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O my<sup>asws</sup> son<sup>asws</sup>! Do not kill them and do not harm them, for they are not harming anything’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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