Darussalam · Volume 5
40. THE BOOK OFETIQUETTE (AL-ADAB)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 5252 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 364
Source no. 5252 · Volume 1 · Page 2
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5252. It was narrated from Sālim, from his father that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Kill snakes, the one with two stripes and the short-tailed one, for they take away eyesight and cause miscarriages.” ‘Abdullāh used to kill every snake he found. Abū Lubābah or Zaid bin Al-Khaṭṭāb saw him chasing a snake, and said: “It is forbidden to kill house-snakes.” (Saḥīh)
5252 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ، وَذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ، وَالْأَبْتَرَ، فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ» قَالَ وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَقْتُلُ كُلَّ حَيَّةٍ وَجَدَهَا فَأَبْصَرَهُ أَبُو لُبَابَةَ، أَوْ زَيْدُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ يُطَارِدُ حَيَّةً فَقَالَ: «إِنَّهُ قَدْ نُهِيَ عَنْ ذَوَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ»
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