But when Abu Lubaba informed him that the Prophet had forbidden the killing of snakes living in houses, he gave up killing them.
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet said, Five kinds of animals are mischief-doers and can be killed even in the Sanctuary: They are the rat the scorpion, the kite, the crow and the rabid dog.
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, It is not sinful of a person in the state of Ihram to kill any of these five animals: The scorpion, the rat, the rabid dog, the crow and the kite.
Read More..Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet said, Cover your utensils and tie your water skins, and close your doors and keep your children close to you at night, as the Jinns spread out at such time and snatch things away. When you go to bed, put out your lights, for the mischief-doer (i.e. the rat) may drag away the wick of the candle and burn the dwellers of the house. Ata said, The devils. (instead of the Jinns).
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah: Once we were in the company of Allah's Apostle in a cave. Surat-al-Mursalat (77) was revealed there, and we were learning it from Allah's Apostle . Suddenly a snake came out of its hole and we rushed towards it to kill it, but it hastened and entered its hole before we were able to catch it. Allah's Apostle said, It has been saved from your evil and you have been saved from its evil.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, A woman entered the (Hell) Fire because of a cat which she had tied, neither giving it food nor setting it free to eat from the vermin of the earth.
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