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."

أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِقَتْلِ الأَبْتَرِ وَقَالَ إِنَّهُ يُصِيبُ الْبَصَرَ وَيُذْهِبُ الْحَبَلَ

'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.

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

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Kill snakes and kill Dhut-Tufyatain and Al-Abtar, because they blind the sight and cause abortions of fetuses."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَعَائِشَةَ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَسَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

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

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

“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.

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

“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)

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَائِمًا عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِيَقُولُ اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ

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

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

'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)

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

[AI] 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.

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

'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)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِفَإِنَّهُ يَلْتَمِسُ الْبَصَرَ وَيُصِيبُ الْحَبَلَ

“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)

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

“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)

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

Kill snakes, kill those which have two streaks and those with small tails, for they obliterate the eyesight and cause miscarriage. Salim said: ‘Abd Allah(b. ‘Umar) used to kill every snake which he found. Abu Lubabah or Zaid b. al-Khattab saw him chasing a snake. He said: He(the Prophet) prohibited house-snakes. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5252)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ» وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَقْتُلُ الْحَيَّاتِ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى أَبْصَرَهُ أَبُو لُبَابَةَ يُطَارِدُ حَيَّةً فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ نَهَى عَنْ ذَوَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ

قَالَ قَالَ رَسُول اللهِ ﷺ اقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ

“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)

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

“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)

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

“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)

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

“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)

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

“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)

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

“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)

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

[AI] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Kill snakes, for whoever finds the two forked ones or the one with a short tail and does not kill them, then he is not one of us, for they are the ones that snatch the sight and cause miscarriages in women."

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ فَمَنْ وَجَدَ ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَلَمْ يَقْتُلْهُمَا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا فَإِنَّهُمَا اللَّذَانِ يَخْطِفَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ مَا فِي بُطُونِ النِّسَاءِ»

[AI] 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."

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

[AI] No one kills the jinn except the one with two twisted forelocks and the one with an amputated leg, for they blur the eyesight and cause miscarriage for pregnant women.

عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ إِلَّا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ مَا فِي بُطُونِ النِّسَاءِ»

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)

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

“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)

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