Narrated Nafi`: Ibn `Umar used to kill all kinds of snakes until Abu Lubaba Al-Badri told him that the Prophet had forbidden the killing of harmless snakes living in houses and called Jinan. So Ibn `Umar gave up killing them.
Hadith ReferenceSahih Bukhari / The Book of Al- Maghazi / Hadith: 4016
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة