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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: 2236 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 1756

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[5840] 140 - (...) Asmâ' bint 'Ubaid narrated that a man who was called As-Sâ'ib – and he is known to us as Abû As-Sâ'ib – said: “We entered upon Abû Sa'eed Al-Khudrî, and while we were sitting there, we heard a movement beneath the bed. We looked and saw a snake...” and he quoted the story as in the Hadîth of Mâlik from Shaîfi (no. 5839). And he said: “The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: ‘These houses have inhabitants. If you see any of them, ask them to leave for three days. If it goes (all well and good), otherwise kill it, for it is a disbeliever.’ And he said to them: ‘Go and bury your companion.’”

Arabic text

140 - (2236) وحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَسْمَاءَ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ، يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ السَّائِبُ وَهُوَ عِنْدَنَا أَبُو السَّائِبِ، قَالَ: دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ إِذْ سَمِعْنَا تَحْتَ سَرِيرِهِ حَرَكَةً، فَنَظَرْنَا فَإِذَا حَيَّةٌ، وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِقِصَّتِهِ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ صَيْفِيٍّ، وَقَالَ فِيهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ لِهَذِهِ الْبُيُوتِ عَوَامِرَ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ شَيْئًا مِنْهَا فَحَرِّجُوا عَلَيْهَا ثَلَاثًا، فَإِنْ ذَهَبَ، وَإِلَّا فَاقْتُلُوهُ، فَإِنَّهُ كَافِرٌ» وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «اذْهَبُوا فَادْفِنُوا صَاحِبَكُمْ»

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