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ahmad:25142Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd Rab / Ibn Saʿīd > Nāfiʿ > Sāʾibah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered the killing of the one with bleary eyes and the one with a crooked leg, and he said they cause blindness and barrenness.  

أحمد:٢٥١٤٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ رَبٍّ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ سَائِبَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ ذِي الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرِ وَقَالَ إِنَّهُمَا يَطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ الْوَلَدَ  


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ibnmajah:3535Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. al-Sarḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim from his father

“Kill snakes, and kill Dhit-Tufytain* and the Abtar**, for they take away the sight and cause miscarriage.” *A snake that has two white stripes on its back. **A snake with a short or mutilated tail.  

ابن ماجة:٣٥٣٥حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ  

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  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الْحَيَّاتِ الَّتِي أُبِيحَ قَتْلُهَا لِلْمَرْءِ

ibnhibban:5638ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Abū al-Ṭāhir > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus Waghayruh > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh from his father

“Kill snakes, and kill Dhit-Tufytain* and the Abtar**, for they take away the sight and cause miscarriage.” *A snake that has two white stripes on its back. **A snake with a short or mutilated tail. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3535)  

ابن حبّان:٥٦٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ وَغَيْرُهُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ»  

ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ الَّتِي لَيْسَتْ مِنْ مَسْخِ الْجَانِّ

ibnhibban:5642Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh from his father

“Kill snakes, and kill Dhit-Tufytain* and the Abtar**, for they take away the sight and cause miscarriage.” *A snake that has two white stripes on its back. **A snake with a short or mutilated tail. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3535)  

ابن حبّان:٥٦٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَسْتَسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ»  

tabarani:4498aIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

“Kill snakes, and kill Dhit-Tufytain* and the Abtar**, for they take away the sight and cause miscarriage.” *A snake that has two white stripes on its back. **A snake with a short or mutilated tail. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3535)   

الطبراني:٤٤٩٨aحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ اقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ ويَطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ»  

tabarani:4498bIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

“Kill snakes, and kill Dhit-Tufytain* and the Abtar**, for they take away the sight and cause miscarriage.” *A snake that has two white stripes on its back. **A snake with a short or mutilated tail. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3535)   

الطبراني:٤٤٩٨bحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ اقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ ويَطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ»  

tabarani:4644aIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

“Kill snakes, and kill Dhit-Tufytain* and the Abtar**, for they take away the sight and cause miscarriage.” *A snake that has two white stripes on its back. **A snake with a short or mutilated tail. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3535)   

الطبراني:٤٦٤٤aحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يُسْقِطَانِ الْحَمْلَ وَيَطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ»  

tabarani:4644bIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

“Kill snakes, and kill Dhit-Tufytain* and the Abtar**, for they take away the sight and cause miscarriage.” *A snake that has two white stripes on its back. **A snake with a short or mutilated tail. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3535)   

الطبراني:٤٦٤٤bحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يُسْقِطَانِ الْحَمْلَ وَيَطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ»  

tabarani:4647aAḥmad b. Zuhayr al-Tustarī > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿd from my uncle from my father > Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

“Kill snakes, and kill Dhit-Tufytain* and the Abtar**, for they take away the sight and cause miscarriage.” *A snake that has two white stripes on its back. **A snake with a short or mutilated tail. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3535)   

الطبراني:٤٦٤٧aحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ثنا عَمِّي ثنا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ سَالِمًا أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَسْتَسْقِطَانِ الْحَمْلَ»  

tabarani:4647bAḥmad b. Zuhayr al-Tustarī > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿd from my uncle from my father > Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

“Kill snakes, and kill Dhit-Tufytain* and the Abtar**, for they take away the sight and cause miscarriage.” *A snake that has two white stripes on its back. **A snake with a short or mutilated tail. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3535)   

الطبراني:٤٦٤٧bحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ثنا عَمِّي ثنا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ سَالِمًا أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَسْتَسْقِطَانِ الْحَمْلَ»  

tabarani:13205Muḥammad b. Ruzayq b. Jāmiʿ al-Miṣrī > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Kill the snake, the rat, and the kite, as they seek the eyesight and cut the cord. Whoever does not kill them is not among us."  

الطبراني:١٣٢٠٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُزَيْقِ بْنِ جَامِعٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَسْتَسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَقْتُلْهُمَا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا»  

suyuti:3897a

“Kill snakes, and kill Dhit-Tufytain* and the Abtar**, for they take away the sight and cause miscarriage.” *A snake that has two white stripes on its back. **A snake with a short or mutilated tail. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3535)   

السيوطي:٣٨٩٧a

"اقتلوا الحيَّاتِ والكلابَ، واقتلوا ذا الطُّفْيَتينِ والأبْتَرَ، فإِنَّهما يَلتَمِسَانِ البَصَرَ ويَسْتَسْقِطان الحبَلَ ".  

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