of pounds, so that the bats would not be left homeless.

Three years ago, a small puppy fell into a narrow crack between two rocks in a village in England, and those in authority mobilised one hundred fire-fighters to cut through the rocks and rescue the dog! More recently, public opinion in several countries flared when animals were employed as mere instruments for studying natural phenomena: Russia sent a dog into its rocket, and America sent a monkey.

31 – “Straighten your rows and stand close together, for I can see you from behind my back.”

Narrated by al-Bukhari (2/176, with the commentary Fath al-Bari, Bulaq ed.), Ahmad (3/182, 263), and al-Mukhlis in al-Fawa'id (1/10/2) through several routes from Humayd al-Tawil, who said: Anas b