اللؤلؤ والمرجان
Lu'lu' wal-Marjan
كتاب السلامBook of Greeting (Salam)
باب قتل الحيات وغيرها
Killing snakes and others
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Hadith 1441
1441 صحيح حديث ابن عمر وأبي لبابة رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُم، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى المِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ: "اقْتُلُوا الحَيَّاتِ، وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالأَبْتَرَ، فَإِنَّهُمَا يَطْمِسَانِ البَصَرَ، وَيَسْتَسْقِطَانِ الحَبَلَ " قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أُطَارِدُ حَيَّةً لِأَقْتُلَهَا، فَنَادَانِي أَبُو لُبَابَةَ: لاَ تَقْتُلْهَا، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الحَيَّاتِ قَالَ: إِنَّهُ نَهَى بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ ذَوَاتِ البُيُوتِ، وَهِيَ العَوَامِرُ وَفي رواية: فَرَآنِي أَبُو لُبَابَةَ بن عبد المنذر، أَوْ زَيْدُ بْنُ الخَطَّابِ
Narrated Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them): I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saying while delivering a sermon on the pulpit: "Kill snakes, especially those which have two spots on their heads and the snake with a cut tail, for both of them cause blindness and miscarriage." Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) said: Once I was trying to kill a snake when Abu Lubabah (may Allah be pleased with him) called out to me not to kill it. I said, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ordered us to kill snakes." He informed me that later the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade killing the snakes that live in houses, as they are jinn, from being killed suddenly. And in another narration, it is mentioned that Abu Lubabah (may Allah be pleased with him) saw me, or my uncle Zayd bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) did.
Hadith 1442
1442 صحيح حديث عبد الله بن مسعود قَالَ: بَيْنَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَارٍ، إِذْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ: وَالمُرْسَلاَتِ فَتَلَقَّيْنَاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ، وَإِنَّ فَاهُ لَرَطْبٌ بِهَا، إِذْ خَرَجَتْ حَيَّةٌ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " عَلَيْكُمُ اقْتُلُوهَا " قَالَ: فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا فَسَبَقَتْنَا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: " وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا "
Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that we were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when Surah "Al-Mursalat" was revealed to him, and we were learning it from his blessed mouth. Meanwhile, a snake appeared. We moved forward to kill it, but it escaped and entered its hole. Upon this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It has been saved from your harm, and you have been saved from its harm."
