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صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب بدء الخلق
The Book of The Beginning of Creation
بَابُ خَيْرُ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِ غَنَمٌ يَتْبَعُ بِهَا شَعَفَ الْجِبَالِ:
Chapter. The best property of a Muslim will be sheep he takes to pasture on the tops of mountains.
Sahih Bukhari 3310 — The best property of a Muslim will be sheep he
حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ ، عَنْ أَبِي يُونُسَ الْقُشَيْرِيِّ ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يَقْتُلُ الْحَيَّاتِ ثُمَّ نَهَى ، قَالَ : إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَدَمَ حَائِطًا لَهُ فَوَجَدَ فِيهِ سِلْخَ حَيَّةٍ ، فَقَالَ : انْظُرُوا أَيْنَ هُوَ فَنَظَرُوا ، فَقَالَ : اقْتُلُوهُ فَكُنْتُ أَقْتُلُهَا لِذَلِكَ .
Narrated Abu Mulaika: Ibn `Umar used to kill snakes, but afterwards he forbade their killing and said, "Once the Prophet pulled down a wall and saw a cast-off skin of a snake in it. He said, 'Look for the snake. 'They found it and the Prophet said, "Kill it." For this reason I used to kill snakes.
