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Killing Snakes Etc.

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Darussalam · Volume 6

39. The Book of The Salâm (Greeting)

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الحديث: 2233 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 1753

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[5826] 129 - (...) It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "I heard the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ enjoin the killing of dogs. He said: 'Kill snakes and dogs, and kill the one that has two stripes and the short-tailed one, for they cause blindness and miscarriage.'" Az-Zuhrî said: "We thought that was because of their poison, and Allâh knows best." Šâlim said: "Abdullâh bin 'Umar said: 'For a while I did not leave any snake that I saw but I killed it. One day, while I was chasing the kind of snake that lives in houses, Zaid bin Al-Khattâb or Abû Lubâbah passed by me when I was chasing it. He said: 'Take it easy, O 'Abdullâh.' I said: 'The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ enjoined killing them.' He said: 'The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ forbade killing those that live in houses.'"

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129 - (2233) وَحَدَّثَنَا حَاجِبُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْمُرُ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلَابِ يَقُولُ: «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَالْكِلَابَ، وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ، فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ، وَيَسْتَسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَالَى» قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: «وَنُرَى ذَلِكَ مِنْ سُمَّيْهِمَا، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ» قَالَ سَالِمٌ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ: «فَلَبِثْتُ لَا أَتْرُكُ حَيَّةً أَرَاهَا إِلَّا قَتَلْتُهَا»، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أُطَارِدُ حَيَّةً يَوْمًا، مِنْ ذَوَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ، مَرَّ بِي زَيْدُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ، أَوْ أَبُو لُبَابَةَ، وَأَنَا أُطَارِدُهَا، فَقَالَ: مَهْلًا، يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ فَقُلْتُ: «إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِنَّ»، قَالَ: «إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْ ذَوَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ»

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