Killing geckos

Sayyidah Umm Sharik (may Allah be pleased with her) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her to kill geckos.

Sa'id said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the gecko to be killed.

Uqbah bin Fakih said: I came to Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) at midday. I asked permission to come in, and he came out wearing a lower wrap (izar), holding a stick in his hand. I said: What are you doing at this time? He said: I am looking for this creature; for killing it Allah Almighty records a good deed and forgives a sin. So kill it; that creature is the gecko.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to kill geckos.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to kill geckos.

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: Whoever kills a gecko receives the reward of a charity (sadaqah).

Ata said: Whoever kills a gecko, seven of his sins will be forgiven.

Sa'ibah, the freed slave-woman of Fakih bin al-Mughirah, said: Once I came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) in her room, and there was a spear lying there. I asked: O Mother of the Believers, what will you do with this spear? She said: We will kill geckos with it. The Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) told us that when Ibrahim (peace be upon him), the Friend of Allah, was thrown into the fire, every creature on earth was putting out the fire, while the gecko was blowing on him, stirring it up even more. Because of this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered it to be killed.

Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to order geckos to be killed.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Kill the gecko both outside the Sanctuary (hill) and inside the Sanctuary (haram).

The father of Abu al-Umays said: Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) had a spear with which she used to kill geckos.

Mujahid used to order geckos to be killed.