No. 5541

'Amr b. Sharid reported on the authority of his father that there was in the delegation of Thaqif a leper. Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) sent a message to him: We have accepted your allegiance, so you may go.

No. 5542

'A'isha reported that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) commanded the killing of a snake having stripes over it, for it affects eyesight and miscarries pregnancy.

No. 5543

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Hisham. He said: The short-tailed snake and the snake having stripes over it should be killed.

No. 5544

Salim, on the authority of his father. reported Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Kill the snakes having stripes over them and short-tailed snakes, for these two types cause miscarriage (of a pregnant woman) and they affect the eyesight adversely. So Ibn 'Umar used to kill every snake that he found. Abu Lubaba b. 'Abd al-Mundhir and Zaid b. Khattab saw him pursuing a snake, whereupon he said: They were forbidden (to kill) those snakes who live in houses.

No. 5545

Ibn 'Umar reported: I heard Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) commanding the killing of dogs and the killing of the striped and the short-tailed snakes, for both of them affect the eyesight adversely and cause miscarriage. Zuhri said: We thought of their poison (the pernicious effects of these two). Allaah, however, knows best. 'Abdullah b. 'Umar said: I did not spare any snake. I rather killed everyone that I saw. One day as I was pursuing a snake from amongst the snakes of the house, Zaid b. Khattab or Abu Lubaba happened to pass by me and found me pursuing it. He said: 'Abdullah, wait. I said: Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) commanded (us) to kill them, whereupon he said that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade the killing of the snakes of the houses. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

No. 5546

Nafi' reported that Abu Lubaba talked to Ibn 'Umar to open a door in his house which would bring them nearer to the mosque and they found a fresh slough of the snake, whereupon 'Abdullah said: Find it out and kill it. Abu Lubaba said: Don't kill them, for Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade the killing of the snakes found in houses.

No. 5547

Nafi' reported that Ibn 'Urnar used to kill all types of snakes until Abu Lubaba b. 'Abd al-Mundhir Badri reported that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) had forbidden the killing of the snakes of the houses, and so he abstained from it.

No. 5548

Nafi' reported that he heard Abu Lubaba informing Ibn 'Umar that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) had forbidden the killing of domestic snakes.

No. 5549

'Abdullah reported that Abu Lubaba had informed him that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) had forbidden the killing of the snakes found in the house.

No. 5550

Nafi' reported that Abu Lubaba b. 'Abd al-Mundhir al-Ansari (first) lived in Quba. He then shifted to Medina and as he was in the company of 'Abdullah b. 'Umar opening a window for him, he suddenly saw a snake in the house. They (the inmates of the house) attempted to kill that. Thereupon Abu Lubaba said: They had been forbidden to make an attempt to kill house snakes and they had been commanded to kill the snakes having small tails, small snakes and those having streaks over them, and it was said: Both of them affect the eyes and cause miscarriage to women.

No. 5551

Nafi' reported on the authority of his father that as 'Abdullah b. 'Umar saw one day (standing) near the ruin (of his house) the slough of a snake and said (to the people around him): Pursue this snake and kill it. Abu Lubaba Ansari said: I heard Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam). He forbade the killing of snakes found in the houses except the short-tailed snakes and those having streaks upon them, for both of them obliterate eyesight and affect that which is in the wombs of (pregnant) women.

No. 5552

Nafi' reported that Abu Lubaba happened to pass by Ibn 'Umar who lived in the fortified place near the house of 'Umar b. Khattab and was busy in keeping his eyes upon a snake and killing it, the rest of the hadith is the same.

No. 5553

'Abdullah reported: We were with Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) in a cave when there was revealed to him (the Sura al-Mursalat, i. e. Sura lxxvii.:" By those sent forth to spread goodness" ) and we had just heard (it) from his lips that there appeared before us a snake. He said: Kill it. We hastened to kill it, but it slipped away from us, thereupon Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Allaah saved it from your harm just as he saved you from its evil.

No. 5554

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of al-A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.

No. 5555

'Abdullah reported that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) commanded a Muhrim (one who is in the state of pilgrimage) to kill the snake at Mina.

No. 5556

'Abdullah reported: While we were with the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) in the cave, the rest of the hadith is the same as the one narrated above.

No. 5557

Abu as-Sa'ib, the freed slaved of Hisham b. Zuhra, said that he visited Abu Sa'id Khudri in his house, (and he further) said: I found him saying his prayer, so I sat down waiting for him to finish his prayer when I heard a stir in the bundles (of wood) lying in a comer of the house. I looked towards it and found a snake. I jumped up in order to kill it, but he (Abu Sa'id Khudri) made a gesture that I should sit down. So I sat down and as he finished (the prayer) he pointed to a room in the house and said: Do you see this room? I said: Yes. He said: There was a young man amongst us who had been newly wedded. We went with Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) (to participate in the Battle) of Trench when a young man in the midday used to seek permission from Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) to return to his family. One day he sought permission from him and Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) (after granting him the permission) said to him: Carry your weapons with you for I fear the tribe of Quraiza (may harm you). The man carried the weapons and then came back and found his wife standing between the two doors. He bent towards her smitten by jealousy and made a dash towards her with a spear in order to stab her. She said: Keep your spear away and enter the house until you see that which has made me come out. He entered and found a big snake coiled on the bedding. He darted with the spear and pierced it and then went out having fixed it in the house, but the snake quivered and attacked him and no one knew which of them died first, the snake or the young man. We came to Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and made a mention to him and said: Supplicate to Allaah that that (man) may be brought back to life. Thereupon he said: Ask forgiveness for your companion and then said: There are in Medina jinns who have accepted Islam, so when you see any one of them, pronounce a warning to it for three days, and if they appear before you after that, then kill it for that is a devil.

No. 5558

Asma' b. 'Ubaid reported about a person who was called as-Sa'ib having said: We visited Abu Sa'id Khudri. When we had been sitting (with him) we heard a stir under his bed. When we looked we found a big snake, the rest of the hadith is the same. And in this Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) is reported to have said: Verily in these houses there live aged (snakes), so when you see one of them, make life hard for it for three days, and if it goes away (well and good), otherwise kill it for (in that case) it would be a nonbeliever. And he (the Prophet) said (to his Companions): Go and bury your companion (who had died by the snake bite).

No. 5559

Abu Sa'id Khudri reported Allaah's Messenger having said: There is a group of jinns in Medina who accepted Islam, so he who would see anything from these occupants should warn him three times; and if he appears after that, he should kill him for he is a satan.