The best property of a Muslim will be sheep he takes to pasture on the tops of mountains.
Darussalam · Volume 4
59 - THE BOOK OF THE BEGINNING OF CREATIONSahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3306 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 128
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3306. Narrated Āishah رضي الله عنها: The Prophet ﷺ called house-lizards as Al-Fuwaisiq (harmful animals). I have not heard him ordering that it should be killed. Sa'd bin Abī Waqqāṣ claims that the Prophet ﷺ ordered that it should be killed.
3306 - حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «لِلْوَزَغِ الفُوَيْسِقُ» وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِ وَزَعَمَ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِ
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(1) (H. 3305) It was illegal for the Israelites to eat the meat or drink the milk of camels while they were allowed to eat the meat and drink the milk of sheep. The Prophet ﷺ inferred from the rats' habit that some Israelites had been transformed into rats.
(2) (H. 3305) Later on the Prophet ﷺ was informed through revelation about the fate of those Israelites: They were transformed into pigs and monkeys.