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ahmad:8659 – Ḥasan > Zuhayr > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever kills a gecko with the first strike, he will have so and so amount of good deeds. And whoever kills it with the second strike, he will have so and so amount of good deeds. And whoever kills it with the third strike, he will have so and so amount of good deeds." Suhaib said: "The first option is more."  

أحمد:٨٦٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ قَتَلَ الْوَزَغَ فِي الضَّرْبَةِ الْأُولَى فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ وَمَنْ قَتَلَهُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ وَمَنْ قَتَلَهُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ سُهَيْلٌ الْأُولَى أَكْثَرُ  

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Collected by Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
muslim:2240a – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

He who killed a gecko with the first stroke for him is such and such a reward, and he who killed it with a second stroke for him is such and such reward less than the first one, and he who killed it with the third stroke for him is such and such a reward less than the second one.  

مسلم:٢٢٤٠a – وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ قَتَلَ وَزَغَةً فِي أَوَّلِ ضَرْبَةٍ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً وَمَنْ قَتَلَهَا فِي الضَّرْبَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً لِدُونِ الأُولَى وَإِنْ قَتَلَهَا فِي الضَّرْبَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً لِدُونِ الثَّانِيَةِ  

abudawud:5263 – Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Bazzāz > Ismāʿīl b. Zakariyyā > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone kills a gecko with the first blow, such and such number of good deeds will be recorded for him, if he kills it with the second blow, such and such number of good deeds will be recorded for him less than the former; and if he kills it with the third blow, such and such number of good deeds will be recorded for him, less than the former.  

أبو داود:٥٢٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْبَزَّازُ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ قَتَلَ وَزَغَةً فِي أَوَّلِ ضَرْبَةٍ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً وَمَنْ قَتَلَهَا فِي الضَّرْبَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً أَدْنَى مِنَ الأَوَّلِ وَمَنْ قَتَلَهَا فِي الضَّرْبَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً أَدْنَى مِنَ الثَّانِيَةِ  

ibnmajah:3229 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū al-Shawārib > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Mukhtār > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

“Whoever kills a house lizard with one blow will have such and such a reward. Whoever kills it with two blows will have such and such a reward,” less than the first. “And whoever kills it with three blows will have such and such reward,” less than that mentioned the second time.  

ابن ماجة:٣٢٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ قَتَلَ وَزَغًا فِي أَوَّلِ ضَرْبَةٍ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً وَمَنْ قَتَلَهَا فِي الثَّانِيَةِ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا أَدْنَى مِنَ الأُولَى وَمَنْ قَتَلَهَا فِي الضَّرْبَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً أَدْنَى مِنَ الَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ فِي الْمَرَّةِ الثَّانِيَةِ  

bayhaqi:3442 – [Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Ismāʿīl b. Qutaybah > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Suhayl [Chain 2] Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > Ismāʿīl b. Zakariyyā > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah ؓ

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone kills a gecko with the first blow, such and such number of good deeds will be recorded for him, if he kills it with the second blow, such and such number of good deeds will be recorded for him less than the former; and if he kills it with the third blow, such and such number of good deeds will be recorded for him, less than the former. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5263)   

البيهقي:٣٤٤٢ – فَقَدْ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أنبأ خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ (ح) وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ قَتَلَ وَزَغَةً فِي أَوَّلِ ضَرْبَةٍ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً وَمَنْ قَتَلَهَا فِي الضَّرْبَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً أَدْنَى مِنَ الْأُولَى وَمَنْ قَتَلَهَا فِي الضَّرْبَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً أَدْنَى مِنَ الثَّانِيَةِ وَفِي حَدِيثِ خَالِدٍ دُونَ الْأُولَى وَقَالَ لِدُونِ الثَّانِيَةِ وَالْبَاقِي سَوَاءٌ  

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السيوطي:٢٢٦٧٣a –

"مَنْ قَتَلَ وَزَغًا في أَوَّل ضَرْبَة (كُتِبَت لَهُ مائةُ حَسَنَة)، ومن قَتَلَهَا في الضَّرْبةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَلَهُ كذَا وكذَا حَسَنةً لِدُونِ الأُولى، وإِن قتلَها في الضَّرْبة الثالثة فَله كذا وكذا حسنةً لِدُون الثَّانية".  

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي ، [ت] الترمذي [هـ] ابن ماجة عن أَبي هريرة