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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
أبواب السلام(Abwab Us Salam )
باب فِي قَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِChapter: Regarding killing snakes.
Hadith 5251
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ , حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ , عَنْ مُوسَى الطَّحَّانِ , قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَابِطٍ , عَنْ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ , أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِنَّا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَكْنُسَ زَمْزَمَ وَإِنَّ فِيهَا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْجِنَّانِ , يَعْنِي الْحَيَّاتِ الصِّغَارَ , فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقَتْلِهِنَّ " .
Narrated Al-Abbas ibn Abdul Muttalib: Al-Abbas said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: We wish to sweep out Zamzam, but in it there are some of these Jinnan, meaning small snakes; so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that they should be killed.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
It is permissible to kill snakes and harmful creatures even within the Haram, whether a person is in the state of ihram or not.
Some scholars have declared this narration to be authentic.
It is permissible to kill snakes and harmful creatures even within the Haram, whether a person is in the state of ihram or not.
Some scholars have declared this narration to be authentic.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5251
