What Has Been Related About Killing Snakes
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. 1485 · Volume 3 · Page 485
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ضعيف، الضعيفة (١٥٠٨) // ضعيف الجامع الصغير (٥٩٠) //
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1485. Abū Lailā narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "When a snake appears in your dwellings then say to it: 'We ask you – by the covenant of Nūh and by the covenant of Sulaimān bin Dāwūd – that you do not harm us.' If it returns, then kill it." (Ḍa'if) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb, we do not know of it as a narration of Thābit Al-Bunānī except with this route to Ibn Abī Lailā.
١٤٨٥ - حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو لَيْلَى : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا ظَهَرَتِ الْحَيَّةُ فِي الْمَسْكَنِ فَقُولُوا لَهَا: إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكِ بِعَهْدِ نُوحٍ» وَبِعَهْدِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ أَنْ لَا تُؤْذِيَنَا، فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فَاقْتُلُوهَا هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى.
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There is difference of opinion among the scholars in killing snakes. Some people of knowledge say that every kind of snake should be killed immediately when and where it is seen. Some others say that the snakes living in residential houses should be warned before killing.