That he heard the Prophet ﷺ delivering a sermon on the pulpit saying, "Kill snakes and kill Dhu-at- Tufyatain (i.e. a snake with two white lines on its back) and Al-Abtar (i.e. a snake with short or mutilated tail) for they destroy the sight of one's eyes and bring about abortion." (ʿAbdullah bin ʿUmar further added): Once while I was chasing a snake in order, to kill it, Abu Lubaba called me saying: "Don't kill it," I said. "Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered us to kill snakes." He said, "But later on he prohibited the killing of snakes living in the houses." (Az-Zuhri said. "Such snakes are called Al-Awamir.")  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَسْتَسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أُطَارِدُ حَيَّةً لأَقْتُلَهَا فَنَادَانِي أَبُو لُبَابَةَ لاَ تَقْتُلْهَا فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ قَالَ إِنَّهُ نَهَى بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ ذَوَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ وَهْىَ الْعَوَامِرُ  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , saying from the pulpit, "Kill the snake, kill the two tailless danglers, and kill the infertile one, for they cause the eye to unite and the rope to fall." I said, "I never saw a snake except that I killed it." Then Abu Lubabah ibn Abd al-Mundhir said to me, "Would you like to have a bet between us?" I said, "Yes." So he and I stood up and opened it, and a snake came out. I prepared to kill it, but he said to me, "Wait." I said, "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , has commanded to kill them." He said, "He has forbade killing the ones that stay in the house."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّةَ وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِعَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَسْتَسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ قَالَ فَكُنْتُ لَا أَرَى حَيَّةً إِلَّا قَتَلْتُهَا حَتَّى قَالَ لِي أَبُو لُبَابَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُنْذِرِ أَلَا تَفْتَحُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ خَوْخَةٌ فَقُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ فَقُمْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ فَفَتَحْنَاهَا فَخَرَجَتْ حَيَّةٌ فَعَدَوْتُ عَلَيْهَا لِأَقْتُلَهَا فَقَالَ لِي مَهْلًا فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِنَّ قَالَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ ذَوَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ  

Kill snakes, kill those which have two streaks and those with small tails, for they obliterate the eyesight and cause miscarriage. Salim said: ‘Abd Allah(b. ‘Umar) used to kill every snake which he found. Abu Lubabah or Zaid b. al-Khattab saw him chasing a snake. He said: He(the Prophet) prohibited house-snakes. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5252)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَسْتَسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَقْتُلُ كُلَّ حَيَّةٍ وَجَدَهَا فَرَآهُ أَبُو لُبَابَةَ أَوْ زَيْدُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ يُطَارِدُ حَيَّةً فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ نُهِيَ عَنْ ذَوَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ  

[Machine] He informed him that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Kill snakes and kill two types of crows and also the one with a stubby tail, for they seek eyesight and can cause the umbilical cord to weaken and drop." Ibn 'Umar said, "I used to kill every snake I encountered until Abu Lubabah ibn Abdul-Mundhir and Zaid ibn Al-Khattab saw me chasing a snake from the houses and they forbade me from killing it. I said, 'Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ordered their killing.' They replied, 'He prohibited killing the ones found inside houses.'"  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَسْتَسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ» قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ مَا كُنْتُ أَدَعُ حَيَّةً إِلَّا قَتَلْتُهَا حَتَّى رَآنِي أَبُو لُبَابَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُنْذِرِ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَأَنَا أُطَارِدُ حَيَّةً مِنْ حَيَّاتِ الْبُيُوتِ فَنَهَيَانِي عَنْ قَتْلِهَا فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِنَّ فَقَالَا «إِنَّهُ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ ذَوَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ»