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390. Abū Hurairah narrated: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ ordered killing the two black things in Ṣalāt; the snake and the scorpion."
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Abbās and Abū Rāfi'. (Ṣaḥīḥ)
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth.
This is acted upon by some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and those after them, and it is the view of Aḥmad and Ishāq.
Some of the people of knowledge disliked killing the snake and scorpion in Ṣalāt [and] Ibrāhīm said: "Indeed the Ṣalāt makes one busy." But the first view is more correct.
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Commentary
A snake or scorpion seen in prayer causes disruption and distraction, and they are generally harmful creatures, therefore it is necessary to get rid of this disturbance to gain peace and calmness for prayer; so the Sharī'ah allowed the killing of them.
