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What is the religious ruling on killing two small, immature sparrows by throwing their nest into the street due to an unwillingness to have them on the balcony?

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There is no sin upon you as long as you did not intentionally take the lives of those birds, for Allah, the Almighty, says: "And there is no blame upon you for that in which you have erred, but [only for] what your hearts intended. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful." Sin is only incurred by one who intentionally commits falsehood.

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