Hadith 5832

Killing Snakes Etc.

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Darussalam · Volume 6

39. The Book of The Salâm (Greeting)

Sahih Muslim Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 2233 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 1754

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English translation

[5832] 135 - (...) Nâfi' narrated from Abû Lubâbah bin 'Abdul-Mundhir Al-Anshârî - who lived in Qubâ' then moved to Al-Madînah - that while 'Abdullâh bin 'Umar was with him, making a door in the wall, they saw a snake of the type that lives in houses, and they wanted to kill it. Abû Lubâbah said that it was forbidden to kill them - meaning the snakes that live in houses - but it was enjoined to kill the short-tailed snake and the one with two stripes. And it was said: "They are the ones that target the eyes and cause miscarriages."

Arabic text

135 - (2233) حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ يَعْنِي الثَّقَفِيَّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ سَعِيدٍ، يَقُولُ: أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ، أَنَّ أَبَا لُبَابَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُنْذِرِ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ، وَكَانَ مَسْكَنُهُ بِقُبَاءٍ فَانْتَقَلَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، فَبَيْنَمَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ جَالِسًا مَعَهُ يَفْتَحُ خَوْخَةً لَهُ، إِذَا هُمْ بِحَيَّةٍ مِنْ عَوَامِرِ الْبُيُوتِ، فَأَرَادُوا قَتْلَهَا، فَقَالَ أَبُو لُبَابَةَ: إِنَّهُ قَدْ «نُهِيَ عَنْهُنَّ يُرِيدُ عَوَامِرَ الْبُيُوتِ، وَأُمِرَ بِقَتْلِ الْأَبْتَرِ وَذِي الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَقِيلَ هُمَا اللَّذَانِ يَلْتَمِعَانِ الْبَصَرَ، وَيَطْرَحَانِ أَوْلَادَ النِّسَاءِ»

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