Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ نَزَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْزِلًا فَانْطَلَقَ لِحَاجَتِهِ فَجَاءَ وَقَدْ أَوْقَدَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى قَرْيَةِ نَمْلٍ إِمَّا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَإِمَّا فِي شَجَرَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَيُّكُمْ فَعَلَ هَذَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ اطْفُهَا اطْفُهَا.
English Translation
Abu al-Nadr told us, al-Mas'udi told us, from al-Hasan ibn Sa'd, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abdullah, from Abdullah, who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, stopped at a place and went off to relieve himself. When he returned, a man had set fire to a colony of ants, either in the ground or in a tree. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Which of you did this?" A man among the people said: "I did, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "Put it out, put it out."