Chapter on the Prohibition of Torturing a Slave, a Beast, a Woman, or a Child Without a Legitimate Religious Reason: Allah the Exalted said

The Reciter: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and may prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and all his Companions.
He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Chapter on the Prohibition of Torturing a Slave, a Beast, a Woman, or a Child Without a Legitimate Religious Reason
Allah the Exalted said:

and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and those whom your right hands possess. Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful.

وبالوالدين إحسانا وبذي القربى واليتامى والمساكين والجار ذي القربى والجار الجنب والصاحب بالجنب وابن السبيل وما ملكت أيمانكم إن الله لا يحب من كان مختالا فخورا

[An-Nisa 4:36]

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

A woman was punished in Hell because of a cat which she had confined until it died. She did not give it to eat or to drink when it was confined, nor did she free it so that it might eat the vermin of the earth.

عذبت امرأة في هرة حبستها حتى ماتت فدخلت فيها النار لا هي أطعمتها وسقتها إذ هي حبستها ولا هي تركتها تأكل من خشاش الأرض

Riyad as-Salihin 1600

Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim
And from him (may Allah be pleased with him):

That he passed by some young men from Quraysh who had set up a bird and were shooting at it, and they had given the owner of the bird every arrow that missed. When they saw Ibn 'Umar, they scattered. Ibn 'Umar said: "Who did this? May Allah curse the one who did this. Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who takes anything that has a soul as a target

أنه مر بفتيان من قريش قد نصبوا طيرا وهم يرمونه وقد جعلوا لصاحب الطير كل خاطئة من نبلهم فلما رأوا ابن عمر تفرقوا فقال ابن عمر من فعل هذا لعن الله من فعل هذا إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لعن من اتخذ شيئا فيه الروح غرضا

Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim
And from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) he said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade to kill an animal in confinement.

نهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أن تصبر البهائم

Sunan Abi Dawud 2816Sahih (Al-Albani)

Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim
And from Suwayd ibn Muqran (may Allah be pleased with him) he said:

See I was one of the seven sons of Muqarrin, and we had but only one slave-girl. The youngest of us slapped her, and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded us to set her free.

لقد رأيتني سابعة سبعة من بني مقرن ما لنا خادم إلا واحدة لطمها اصغرنا فأمرنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أن نعتقها

Sahih Muslim 1658b

Narrated by Muslim, and in another narration:

The seventh of my brothers

سابع إخوة لي

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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
This chapter was mentioned by the author (may Allah have mercy on him) in his book *Riyad al-Salihin*: the prohibition of torturing animals, children, parents, and those over whom you have authority. It is forbidden for you to torture them by beating or otherwise except for a legitimate religious reason. Then he cited the words of Allah the Exalted: until He said: All of these are people who have rights. "And be kind to parents" — they are the greatest of people in right over you, the mother and the father.
"Those near of kin" are the relatives from the mother's side or the father's side. "Orphans" are the young ones whose fathers have died.
"The needy" are the poor. "The near neighbor" is the close neighbor. "The far neighbor" is the distant neighbor. It is said that "the companion by your side" is the wife, or it is said to be the companion in travel. "The wayfarer" is the traveler whose journey has been cut off. "What your right hands possess" refers to slaves and animals. A person is commanded to be kind to them. If they are from the children of Adam, i.e., slaves, he should feed them from what he eats, clothe them from what he wears, house them in dwellings befitting them, and not burden them with what they cannot bear.
Then he mentioned the hadith of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): The cat was a female cat which she imprisoned and did not place water near her, nor did she place food near her, until she died. So she entered the Fire because of this cat and was tortured because of it, refuge with Allah, even though it was a cat that was worth nothing. But she treated it badly with this bad treatment: she imprisoned it until it died of hunger. It is understood from this hadith that if she had placed food and drink sufficient for it, there would be no harm in that.