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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل القتل والجرائم الأخرى وأحكام الدماءIssues of Killing, Other Crimes, and Blood Laws
أَبْوَابُ مَا يَجُوزُ قَتْلُهُ مِنَ الْحَيَوَانِ وَمَا لَا يَجُوزُ¤بَابُ الأمْرِ بِقَتْلِ الْفَوَاسِقِ مِنَ الْحَيَوَانChapters on what animals may be killed and what may not; chapter on the command to kill harmful animals
Hadith 6485
اُردوEn
وَمِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: كُنَّا جُلُوسًا فِي مَسْجِدِ الْخَيْفِ لَيْلَةَ عَرَفَةَ الَّتِي قَبْلَ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ إِذْ سَمِعْنَا حِسَّ الْحَيَّةِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((اقْتُلُوهَا))، قَالَ: فَقُمْنَا فَدَخَلَتْ شَقَّ جُحْرٍ، فَأُتِيَ بِسَعَفَةٍ فَأُضْرِمَ فِيهَا نَارًا وَأَخَذْنَا عُودًا فَقَلَعْنَا عَنْهَا بَعْضَ الْجُحْرِ فَلَمْ نَجِدْهَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((دَعُوهَا وَقَاهَا اللَّهُ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وَقَاكُمْ شَرَّهَا))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that we were sitting in the Mosque of Khaif on the night before the Day of Arafah, when suddenly we sensed the movement of a snake. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Kill it. We stood up to kill it, but it slipped into a crack in a stone. Then date palm branches were brought and fire was lit in it, then we took a stick and moved the stone a little from its place, but the snake could not be found. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Now leave it, Allah has saved it from your harm and you from its harm.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … Killing a snake is a legal (shar‘i) ruling, but for the snake, this is nothing less than an evil (sharr) that it is killed; therefore, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that Allah Ta‘ala has protected the snake from your evil. It is possible that the purpose of lighting a fire is that the snake will come out, but in any case, punishing with fire is prohibited.
