It was narrated from Al Hasan: “One of the prophets stopped beneath a tree and an ant bit him, so he gave instructions that their nest be burned with all the ants inside it. Then Allah revealed to him: ‘Why did you not punish just one ant?” Al-Ash’ath said: “A similar report was narrated from Ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, in which were added the words: ‘For they glorify Allah.”
(Sahih)