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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل القتل والجرائم الأخرى وأحكام الدماء
Issues of Killing, Other Crimes, and Blood Laws
باب النهي عَنْ قَبل حَيَّاتِ البيوتِ إِلَّا بَعْدَ تَحْذِيرِهَا إلا الْأَبْتَر وَذَا الطميتينِ فَإِنَّهُمَا يُقتلان
Chapter: Prohibition of killing house snakes except after warning them, except the short-tailed and two-striped, for they are to be killed
Al-Fath ar-Rabbani 6496 — Prohibition of killing house snakes except
عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ وَيُطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ فَرَآنِي أَبُو لُبَابَةَ أَوْ زَيْدُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَأَنَا أُطَارِدُ حَيَّةً لِأَقْتُلَهَا فَنَهَانِي فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِنَّ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ نَهَى بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ قَتْلِ ذَوَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَهِيَ الْعَوَامِرُ
Narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Kill snakes, especially the one with two stripes on its back and the short-tailed harmful snake, for both of them cause miscarriage and take away eyesight. Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: Sayyiduna Abu Lubabah or Sayyiduna Zaid bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with them both) saw me chasing a snake to kill it, so he forbade me from doing so. I said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has ordered to kill them, but he said that later the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade killing household snakes.
