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ahmad:24255Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to order the killing of the person who causes injury to the optic nerve and seeks permanent blindness.  

أحمد:٢٤٢٥٥حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِقَتْلِ ذِي الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ يُصِيبُ الْحَبَلَ وَيَلْتَمِسُ الْبَصَرَ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
bukhari:3308ʿUbayd b. Ismāʿīl > Abū Usāmah > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Kill the snake with two white lines on its back, for it blinds the on-looker and causes abortion."  

البخاري:٣٣٠٨حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ قَالَ

النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُ يَلْتَمِسُ الْبَصَرَ وَيُصِيبُ الْحَبَلَ  

تَابَعَهُ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَبَا أُسَامَةَ
bukhari:3309Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ ordered that a short-tailed or mutilated-tailed snake (i.e. Abtar) should be killed, for it blinds the on-looker and causes abortion."  

البخاري:٣٣٠٩حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِقَتْلِ الأَبْتَرِ وَقَالَ إِنَّهُ يُصِيبُ الْبَصَرَ وَيُذْهِبُ الْحَبَلَ  

muslim:2232a[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān And Ibn Numayr > Hishām [Chain 2] Abū Kurayb > ʿAbdah > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

'A'isha reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded the killing of a snake having stripes over it, for it affects eyesight and miscarries pregnancy.  

مسلم:٢٢٣٢aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِقَتْلِ ذِي الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُ يَلْتَمِسُ الْبَصَرَ وَيُصِيبُ الْحَبَلَ  

ibnmajah:3534Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

“The Prophet ﷺ enjoined killing Dhit-Tufytain* for it takes away the sight and causes miscarriage.” *That means a wicked snake.  

ابن ماجة:٣٥٣٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِقَتْلِ ذِي الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُ يَلْتَمِسُ الْبَصَرَ وَيُصِيبُ الْحَبَلَ يَعْنِي حَيَّةً خَبِيثَةً  

ahmad:25025ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Hishām > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

'A'isha reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded the killing of a snake having stripes over it, for it affects eyesight and miscarries pregnancy. (Using translation from Muslim 2232a)   

أحمد:٢٥٠٢٥حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ ذِي الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُ يَلْتَمِسُ الْبَصَرَ وَيُصِيبُ الْحَبَلَ  

ahmad:25938Ibn Numayr > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

'A'isha reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded the killing of a snake having stripes over it, for it affects eyesight and miscarries pregnancy. (Using translation from Muslim 2232a)   

أحمد:٢٥٩٣٨حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِفَإِنَّهُ يَلْتَمِسُ الْبَصَرَ وَيُصِيبُ الْحَبَلَ  

suyuti:3895a

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Kill the snake with two white lines on its back, for it blinds the on-looker and causes abortion." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3308)   

السيوطي:٣٨٩٥a

"اقتْلُوا ذَا الطُّفيَتَينِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَلتَمِسُ البَصَرَ، ويُصِيب الحَبَل".  

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