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bayhaqi:18158Abū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. ʿAffān > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Ḥammād b. Zayd And Wuhayb b. Khālid > Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī > a man from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the killing of Wasfa' and Asfa'.  

البيهقي:١٨١٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ وَوُهَيْبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ السَّخْتِيَانِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ قَتْلِ الْوَصْفَاءِ وَالْعَسْفَاءِ  


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ahmad:6336ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Nafi' reported that he heard Abu Lubaba informing Ibn 'Umar that Messenger of Allah ﷺ had forbidden the killing of domestic snakes. (Using translation from Muslim 2233f)   

أحمد:٦٣٣٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ