357 – ʿAbdullāh narrated to us; he said: Muḥammad ibn Bashīr al-Kindī told us; he said: ʿAṭāʾ ibn al-Mubārak related to us, from Abū ʿUbayda al-ʿĀbid, from al-Ḥasan, who said:
“ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, may Allah be pleased with him, passed by a crow that had been tied up and said, ‘O little stranger! You neglected tasbīḥ (glorification of Allah) and so you were caught in the snare. If I set you free, will you glorify Allah?’ Then he released it.”