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ahmad:15751Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd Rabbih > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] "He used to order the killing of all snakes, so Abu Lubabah asked permission from him to enter from their side into the mosque. He saw them killing a snake, so Abu Lubabah said to them, 'Did you not hear that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited the killing of house snakes and asked for the killing of the two harmful ones: the black snake and the snake with two white spots?'"  

أحمد:١٥٧٥١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ عَنْ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِقَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ كُلِّهِنَّ فَاسْتَأْذَنَهُ أَبُو لُبَابَةَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ مِنْ خَوْخَةٍ لَهُمْ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَرَآهُمْيَقْتُلُونَ حَيَّةً فَقَالَ لَهُمْ أَبُو لُبَابَةَ أَمَا بَلَغَكُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ أُولَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ وَالدُّورِ وَأَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ ذِي الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرِ