وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَانْطَلَقَ لِحَاجَتِهِ، فَرَأَيْنَا حُمَّرَةً مَعَهَا فَرْخَانِ، فَأَخَذْنَا فَرْخَيْهَا، فَجَاءَتِ الْحُمَّرَةُ فَجَعَلَتْ تَفْرِشُ، فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: «مَنْ فَجَعَ هَذِهِ بِوَلَدِهَا؟ رُدُّوا وَلَدَهَا إِلَيْهَا».
Translation: Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah narrated from his father that they were travelling with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. While he was away briefly, they took two chicks from a small bird. The mother fluttered anxiously. When the Prophet ﷺ saw this, he asked who had distressed the bird by taking her young and ordered that the chicks be returned.
The focus is the suffering of a vulnerable creature. Separating an animal from its young merely for amusement or curiosity is not an acceptable way to treat it.