Sunan an-Nasai

Hadith 2834

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Killing Geckos

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Darussalam · Volume 3

24. The Book Of The Rites Of Hajj

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الحديث: 2831 ¦ الجزء: 5 ¦ الصفحة: 189

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2834. It was narrated from Sa'eed bin Al-Mūsāyyab that a woman entered upon 'Aishah, and in her hand was an iron-footed stick. She said: "What is this?" She ('Aishah) said: "It is for these geckos, because the Prophet of Allāh ﷺ told us, that there was nothing that did not try to extinguish the fire for Ibrāhīm except for this animal, so he told us to kill it. And he forbade us to kill harmless snakes, except for the snake with two lines on its back, and the snake with a short tail, for they snatch away the eyesight and cause that which is in women's wombs to be miscarried." (Hasan)

Arabic text

2831 - أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَقَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَرْعَرَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً دَخَلَتْ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ وَبِيَدِهَا عُكَّازٌ، فَقَالَتْ: مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالَتْ: لِهَذِهِ الْوَزَغِ لِأَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَّهُ «لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا يُطْفِئُ، عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِلَّا هَذِهِ الدَّابَّةُ فَأَمَرَنَا بِقَتْلِهَا، وَنَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ، إِلَّا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ، وَالْأَبْتَرَ، فَإِنَّهُمَا يَطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ، وَيُسْقِطَانِ مَا فِي بُطُونِ النِّسَاءِ»

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"Two-striped or twin-lined serpent": It happens to be extremely poisonous. It has upon its back two lines or stripes also due to its venom. Some people of knowledge have stated that it has upon its head two black signs or spots, etc.