Chapter: The Prohibition Of Killing Ants
Hadith 2241 Part A
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying
An ant had bitten a Prophet (one amongst the earlier Prophets) and he ordered that the colony of the ants should be burnt. And Allah revealed to him:" Because of an ant's bite you have burnt a community from amongst the communities which sings My glory."
Hadith 2241 Part B
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying
An Apostle from amongst the Apostles of Allah encamped under a tree, and an ant bit him, and he commanded his belongings to be removed from underneath the tree. He then commanded and it was burnt, and Allah revealed to bin):" Why one ant (which had bitten you) was not killed?"
Hadith 2241 Part C
Abu Huraira reported so many ahadith and one of them was this that Allah' Messenger (ﷺ) said
When an Apostle from amongst the Apostles of Allah came to sit under a tree an ant bit him. He commanded his luggage to be removed from under the tree and he commanded it to be burnt in the fire and Allah revealed to him:" Why one ant (which had bitten you) was not killed (and why did you burn the others)?