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Killing Dhit-Tufyatain[2]

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Darussalam · Volume 4

31. Chapters On Medicine

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الحديث: 3535 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1169

DarussalamSahihAl-Albani(التحقيق الأول) حسن صحيح، (التحقيق الثانى) صحيح (التحقيق الأول) الكلم الطيب (٢٤٨)
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English translation

3535. It was narrated from Sālim, from his father, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Kill snakes, and kill Dhit-Tufyatain and the Abtar,[3] for they take away the sight and cause miscarriage." (Sahih)

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3535 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ، وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ، وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ، وَيُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ» بَابُ مَنْ كَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ الْفَأْلُ وَيَكْرَهُ الطِّيَرَةَ

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  1. 1

    [1] This chapter and Hadith preceded, see no. 3501.

  2. 2

    [2] A snake that has two white stripes on its back.

  3. 3

    [3] A snake with a short or mutilated tail.

Commentary

a. A snake with stripes means a kind of snake that has two lines on his back. b. A snake with a mutilated tail means its tail is not conical as with other snakes, but it looks as if its tail is cut off. c. These snakes are very poisonous. A person may lose his eyesight or a woman may abort her fetus if they are bitten by that snake. d. Many kinds of snakes are not poisonous, so killing them is not compulsory. If a snake is seen in house he should be warned by saying, 'get out, otherwise we will kill you'. (Sahih Muslim: 2236). If he is a jinni he will leave the house, otherwise it will be killed.