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Amir Ar-Ram (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: "While we were with the Prophet (ﷺ), a man came wearing a cloak, carrying something wrapped in it. He said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I passed by a thicket and heard the chirping of fledglings, so I took them and wrapped them in my cloak. Their mother came fluttering over my head, so I uncovered them, and she settled with them. I wrapped them again, and here they are with me.' The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Put them down.' When he did, the mother refused to leave them. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Are you amazed at this mother's mercy for her young? By the One who sent me with the truth, Allah is more merciful to His servants than this mother is to her fledglings. Take them back and return them where you found them, along with their mother.' So he did."
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