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abudawud:5253al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Abū Lubābah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited killing the jinnan(small snakes) that are in the house, except the one which have two streaks and the one with small tail, for they obliterate the eyesight and cause miscarriage.  

أبو داود:٥٢٥٣حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ فِي الْبُيُوتِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَخْطِفَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَطْرَحَانِ مَا فِي بُطُونِ النِّسَاءِ  


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muslim:2233iIsḥāq b. Manṣūr > Muḥammad b. Jahḍam > Ismāʿīl / ʿIndanā Ibn Jaʿfar > ʿUmar b. Nāfiʿ from his father

Pursue this snake and kill it. Abu Lubaba Ansari said: I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He forbade the killing of snakes found in the houses except the short-tailed snakes and those having streaks upon them, for both of them obliterate eyesight and affect that which is in the wombs of (pregnant) women.  

مسلم:٢٢٣٣iوَحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَهْضَمٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَهُوَ عِنْدَنَا ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ يَوْمًا عِنْدَ هَدْمٍ لَهُ فَرَأَى وَبِيصَ جَانٍّ فَقَالَ اتَّبِعُوا هَذَا الْجَانَّ فَاقْتُلُوهُ قَالَ أَبُو لُبَابَةَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ إِنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ فِي الْبُيُوتِ إِلاَّ الأَبْتَرَ وَذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُمَا اللَّذَانِ يَخْطِفَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَتَتَبَّعَانِ مَا فِي بُطُونِ النِّسَاءِ  

malik:54-32Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Sāʾibah Mawlāh Liʿāʾishah

Malik related to me from Nafi from Sa'iba, the female mawla of A'isha, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade killing the snakes which were in the houses except those with two white stripes on their back and the short ones. They made one go blind and caused miscarriages in women.  

مالك:٥٤-٣٢وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ سَائِبَةَ مَوْلاَةٍ لِعَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ الَّتِي فِي الْبُيُوتِ إِلاَّ ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَخْطِفَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَطْرَحَانِ مَا فِي بُطُونِ النِّسَاءِ  

tabarani:4500ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Abū Lubābah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited killing the jinnan(small snakes) that are in the house, except the one which have two streaks and the one with small tail, for they obliterate the eyesight and cause miscarriage. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5253)  

الطبراني:٤٥٠٠حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ

ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ الَّتِي فِي الْبُيُوتِ إِلَّا أنْ تَكُونَ ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَخْطِفَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَطْرَحَانِ مَا فِي بُطُونِ فِي النِّسَاءِ»  

nasai-kubra:3800Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Ṣāghānī > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. ʿArʿarah > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib

[Machine] No one kills the jinn except the one with two twisted forelocks and the one with an amputated leg, for they blur the eyesight and cause miscarriage for pregnant women.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٨٠٠أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّاغَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَرْعَرَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً دَخَلَتْ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ وَبِيَدِهَا عُكَّازٌ فَقَالَتْ مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالَتْ لِهَذِهِ الْوَزَغُ لِأَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا يُطْفِئُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِلَّا هَذِهِ الدَّابَّةُ «§فَأَمَرَنَا بِقَتْلِهَا وَنَهَى

عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ إِلَّا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ مَا فِي بُطُونِ النِّسَاءِ»