What Has Been Related About Killing Geckos
Darussalam · Volume 3
16. The Chapters On Hunting From The Messenger of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 1482 · Volume 3 · Page 482
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1482. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whoever kills a gecko in one strike, he has such and such reward, and if he kills it on the second strike, he will have such and such reward, and if he kills it on the third strike, then he has such and such reward.” (Saḥīh) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ibn Mas’ūd, Sa’d, ‘Āishah, and Umm Sharik. [Abū ‘Eisā said:] The Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Ḥasan Saḥīh Hadīth.
١٤٨٢ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ قَتَلَ وَزَغَةً» بِالضَّرْبَةِ الْأُولَى كَانَ لَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً، فَإِنْ قَتَلَهَا فِي الضَّرْبَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ كَانَ لَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً، فَإِنْ قَتَلَهَا فِي الضَّرْبَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ كَانَ لَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، وَسَعْدٍ، وَعَائِشَةَ، وَأُمِّ شَرِيكٍ. حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
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It is recommended to kill the gecko with the first strike otherwise it escapes. He who kills it with the first strike gets one hundred rewards and he who kills it with second or third gets less rewards accordingly. In other narrations, the reward for killing with the first strike is seventy. Therefore, it can be inferred that the number of rewards is not fixed at one hundred or seventy, it is merely to show the vastness of the reward.