Narrated Abu Mulaika:
Ibn `Umar used to kill snakes, but afterwards he forbade their killing and said, "Once the Prophet (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) said, "Kill it." For this reason I used to kill snakes. Later on I met Abu Lubaba who told me the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Do not kill snakes except the short-tailed or mutilated-tailed snake with two white lines on its back, for it causes abortion and makes one blind. So kill it.' "
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3310, 3311 |
In-book reference | : Book 59, Hadith 118 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 54, Hadith 529 |
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