Salim, on the authority of his father. reported Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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.
Read More..Ibn 'Umar reported: I heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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). Allah, 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: Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) commanded (us) to kill them, whereupon he said that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) forbade the killing of the snakes of the houses.
Read More..This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Read More..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 Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) forbade the killing of the snakes found in houses.
Read More..Nafi' reported that Ibn 'Urnar used to kill all types of snakes until Abu Lubaba b. 'Abd al-Mundhir Badri reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had forbidden the killing of the snakes of the houses, and so he abstained from it.
Read More..Nafi' reported that he heard Abu Lubaba informing Ibn 'Umar that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had forbidden the killing of domestic snakes.
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