Explanation of the hadith of Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him): (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered and saw a son of Abu Talhah who was called Abu 'Amir, and he had a small bird...)

The Shaykh : The author narrated it with his authentic chain. From Anas, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered and saw a son of Abu Talhah who was called Abu 'Amir, and he had a small bird with which he was playing. So he said: .
This is a small child, one of the sons of Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him), the well-known Ansari. His son was called Abu 'Amir. He had a bird named Nuqayr which he kept in a cage. It appears from other hadiths that this bird died or escaped from him. Naturally, the boy was sad, so the Messenger (peace be upon him) consoled him by saying: The scholars derived many rulings from this hadith. Among them, what is relevant to this chapter, is that it is permissible to keep a bird in a cage for the sake of small children, because this is also within the scope of showing mercy to young children. There is no harm in keeping a bird for that purpose. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved of this. From where did the scholars derive this ruling? From his approval of Abu Talhah, the father of this small boy Abu 'Amir, in keeping his son's bird in the cage. If it had not been permissible, the Messenger (peace be upon him) would not have approved of it, nor would he have ordered or indicated that he should release it, as he did with that man who took a bird's egg from the nest of the hoopoe. Among the rulings the scholars derived from this hadith is that hunting is permissible in Madinah. Hunting in Madinah is not forbidden like hunting in the Makkah sanctuary. This is also what the scholars derived and benefited from this hadith. In summary, the ruling in this hadith is the permissibility of keeping a bird to console small children. As for adults, as it pleases some of them to keep some birds that have beautiful voices, there is no explicit text prohibiting that. And since this hadith permitted it for the small child, and the small child was in the house of the adult, who was Abu Talhah, it appears that there is no difference at that time between the adult and the small child in keeping a bird in a cage. Because this keeping only restricts the bird's freedom somewhat, and then it quickly becomes accustomed to this captive life in this cage, as evidenced by reality, where many birds are opened from their cages, they go out, and then return to the cage, as if the cage has become a nest, a roost, and a home for them.