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ahmad:24569 – Bishr b. Shuʿayb from my father > al-Zuhrī ʿAmmā Yaqtul al-Muḥrim from al-Dawāb > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

[Machine] Regarding what animals are prohibited to kill, Az-Zuhri was asked by Urwah ibn Az-Zubair and he informed me that Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "There are five animals from among the animals that are all sinners, and they should be killed in the sanctuary: the wild dog, the scorpion, the owl, the crow, and the rat."  

أحمد:٢٤٥٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي

عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَمَّا يَقْتُلُ الْمُحْرِمُ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ كُلُّهُنَّ فَاسِقٌ يُقْتَلْنَ فِي الْحَرَمِ الْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُ وَالْعَقْرَبُ وَالْحُدَيَّا وَالْغُرَابُ وَالْفَأْرَةُ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
bukhari:1829 – Yaḥyá b. Sulaymān > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Five kinds of animals are harmful and could be killed in the Haram (Sanctuary). These are: the crow, the kite, the scorpion, the mouse and the rabid dog."  

البخاري:١٨٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ كُلُّهُنَّ فَاسِقٌ يَقْتُلُهُنَّ فِي الْحَرَمِ الْغُرَابُ وَالْحِدَأَةُ وَالْعَقْرَبُ وَالْفَأْرَةُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُ  

nasai:2888 – Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah said: "There are five animals all of which are vermin and may be killed inside the sanctuary: Crow, kites, vicious dogs, mice and scorpions.'"  

النسائي:٢٨٨٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ كُلُّهَا فَاسِقٌ يُقْتَلْنَ فِي الْحَرَمِ الْغُرَابُ وَالْحِدَأَةُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُ وَالْفَأْرَةُ وَالْعَقْرَبُ  

ahmad:2330 – ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad > Jarīr > Layth > Ṭāwus

[Machine] Translator: Ibn Abbas narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "There are five creatures, all of them are sinful, and they are to be killed by the prohibitions. They are the mouse, the scorpion, the snake, the dog of the pasture, and the crow."  

أحمد:٢٣٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ خَمْسٌ كُلُّهُنَّ فَاسِقَةٌ يَقْتُلُهُنَّ الْمُحْرِمُ وَيُقْتَلْنَ فِي الْحَرَمِ الْفَأْرَةُ وَالْعَقْرَبُ وَالْحَيَّةُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُ وَالْغُرَابُ  

ahmad:4543 – Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

Ibn ‘Umar said The Prophet ﷺ was asked as to which of the creatures could be killed by a pilgrim in the sacred state. He said there are five creatures which it is not a sin for anyone to kill, outside or inside the sacred area. The Scorpion, the Crow, the Rat, the Kite and the biting Dog. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1846)  

أحمد:٤٥٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَمَّا يَقْتُلُ الْمُحْرِمُ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ؟ قَالَ خَمْسٌ لَا جُنَاحَ فِي قَتْلِهِنَّ عَلَى مَنْ قَتَلَهُنَّ فِي الْحَرَمِ الْعَقْرَبُ وَالْفَأْرَةُ وَالْغُرَابُ وَالْحِدَأَةُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُ  

ahmad:26223 – Yūnus > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'There are five kinds of vermin that may be killed in the Haram: Scorpions, mice, crows, vicious dogs, and kites." (Sahih) Chaper 120. The Prohibition Of Disturbing The Game Of The Haram (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2891)  

أحمد:٢٦٢٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَمْسٌ فَوَاسِقُ يُقْتَلْنَ فِي الْحَرَمِ الْفَأْرَةُ وَالْعَقْرَبُ وَالْغُرَابُ وَالْحُدَيَّا وَالْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُ  

ahmad:26230 – Yaʿqūb from my cousin Ibn Shihāb from his uncle > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

[Machine] He heard Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, ﷺ , saying, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , saying, 'There are five of the animals, all of them are wicked and should be killed in the sacred precinct: the crow, the snake, the scorpion, the dog with spots and the cheekbone.' And in the Book of Jacob, in another place instead of the snake, it is the rat."  

أحمد:٢٦٢٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَخِي ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ كُلُّهُنَّ فَاسِقٌ يُقْتَلْنَ فِي الْحَرَمِ الْغُرَابُ وَالْحَيَّةُ وَالْعَقْرَبُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُ وَالْحِدَأَةُ وَفِي كِتَابِ يَعْقُوبَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ مَكَانَ الْحَيَّةِ الْفَأْرَةُ  

ahmad:26244 – Yūnus > Ḥammād / Ibn Zayd > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'There are five kinds of vermin that may be killed in the Haram: Scorpions, mice, crows, vicious dogs, and kites." (Sahih) Chaper 120. The Prohibition Of Disturbing The Game Of The Haram (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2891)  

أحمد:٢٦٢٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَمْسٌ فَوَاسِقُ يُقْتَلْنَ فِي الْحَرَمِ الْعَقْرَبُ وَالْفَأْرَةُ وَالْحُدَيَّا وَالْغُرَابُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُ  

ahmad:25311 – Yaʿqūb from my cousin Ibn Shihāb from his uncle > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

crows, kites, mice and vicious dogs." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2830)   

أحمد:٢٥٣١١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَخِي ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ كُلُّهُنَّ فَاسِقٌ يُقْتَلْنَ فِي الْحِلِّ وَالْحَرَمِ الْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُوَالْعَقْرَبُ وَالْغُرَابُ وَالْحِدَأَةُ وَالْفَأْرَةُ  

ahmad:24052 – ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'There are five kinds of vermin that may be killed in the Haram: Scorpions, mice, crows, vicious dogs, and kites." (Sahih) Chaper 120. The Prohibition Of Disturbing The Game Of The Haram (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2891)  

أحمد:٢٤٠٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَمْسٌ فَوَاسِقُ يُقْتَلْنَ فِي الْحَرَمِ الْعَقْرَبُ وَالْفَأْرَةُ وَالْحُدَيَّا وَالْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُ وَالْغُرَابُ  

nasai-kubra:3856 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Khālid al-Raqqī > Ḥajjāj / Ibn Muḥammad al-Aʿwar > Ibn Jurayj > Abān b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah > Lah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Five kinds of animals are harmful and could be killed in the Haram (Sanctuary). These are: the crow, the kite, the scorpion, the mouse and the rabid dog." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1829)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٨٥٦ – أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الرَّقِّيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَعْوَرَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبَانُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ عُرْوَةَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ لَهُ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ كُلُّهُنَّ فَاسِقٌ يُقْتَلْنَ فِي الْحَرَمِ الْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُ وَالْغُرَابُ وَالْحِدَأَةُ وَالْعَقْرَبُ وَالْفَأْرَةُ  

nasai-kubra:3857 – Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá al-Miṣrī > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Five are the beasts 1618 harmful and vicious and these must be killed even within the precincts of the Ka'ba: crow, kite, voracio@s dog, kcorpion and rat. (Using translation from Muslim 1198g)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٨٥٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى الْمِصْرِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ كُلُّهَا فَاسِقٌ تُقْتَلُ فِي الْحَرَمِ الْغُرَابُ وَالْحِدَأَةُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُ وَالْفَأْرَةُ وَالْعَقْرَبُ  

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السيوطي:١٣٧٨٩a –

"خَمْسٌ من الدوابّ كُلُّهُنَ فاسِقٌ يُقْتَلْنَ في الْحَرَمِ: الغُرابُ، والحِدأةُ، والعقْرب، والفأرةُ، والكلبُ العقُور".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [ت] الترمذي [ن] النسائي عن عائشة