Hadith 25

(The non-Shia book) ‘Al Durr Al Mansour’ –
‘When Ibrahim-as was thrown into the fire, there did not happen to be any animal except it (tried to) extinguishe the fire from him, apart from the lizard. It was blowing upon Ibrahim-as, so Rasool-Allah‑saww instructed with killing it’’. [26] (From a non-Shia source)
And from Umm Shareek, from him, ‘The Prophet-saww instructed with killing the lizard and said: ‘It used to blow upon Ibrahim-as’’. [27] (From a non-Shia source)
And from Qatadah, from one of them, ‘From the Prophet-saww having said: ‘The frog had extinguished the fire from Ibrahim-as, and the lizard used to blow upon him-as’. So he-as forbade from killing this and instructed with killed the lizard’’. [28] (From a non-Shia source)
And from Anas (well-known fabricator) –
‘From Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Do not be reviling the frog for its voice is glorification and extollations of Holiness and exclamation of Takbeer (because) it had sought Permission of its Lord-azwj to extinguish the fire form Ibrahim-as. He-azwj Permission for the frog, so it mounted upon it and Allah-azwj Replaced it, heat of the fire with water’’. [29] (From a non-Shia source)
And from Ibn Masoud, from Ka’ab the monk who said, ‘A barn owl came to Suleyman-as. It said, ‘The greetings be unto you-as, O Prophet-as of Allah-azwj! ’ He-as said: ‘And unto you be the greetings, O owl! Inform me-as how come you are not eating the plants? ’ It said, ‘O Prophet-as of Allah-azwj! Because Adam-as had disobeyed his-as Lord-azwj due to its cause, therefore I do not eat it! ’
He-as said: ‘How come you are not drinking the water? ’ It said, ‘O Prophet-as of Allah-azwj! Allah-azwj Drowned the people of Noah-as with the water, for that reason I have left drinking it’. He-as said: ‘So how come you have left the built-up areas and are dwelling in the ruins? ’
It said, ‘Because ruins are an inheritance of Allah-azwj and I am dwelling in the inheritance of Allah-azwj, and Allah-azw