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bukhari:3312Mālik b. Ismāʿīl > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Ibn ʿUmar used to kill snakes but when Abu Lubaba informed him that the Prophet ﷺ had forbidden the killing of snakes living in houses, he gave up killing them.  

البخاري:٣٣١٢حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقْتُلُ الْحَيَّاتِ فَحَدَّثَهُ أَبُو لُبَابَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ جِنَّانِ الْبُيُوتِ فَأَمْسَكَ عَنْهَا  


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bukhari:4016Abū al-Nuʿmān > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Nāfiʿ > Ibn

Ibn ʿUmar used to kill all kinds of snakes until Abu Lubaba Al-Badri told him that the Prophet ﷺ had forbidden the killing of harmless snakes living in houses and called Jinan. So Ibn ʿUmar gave up killing them.  

البخاري:٤٠١٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ كَانَ يَقْتُلُ الْحَيَّاتِ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى حَدَّثَهُ أَبُو لُبَابَةَ الْبَدْرِيُّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ جِنَّانِ الْبُيُوتِ فَأَمْسَكَ عَنْهَا  

muslim:2233eShaybān b. Farrūkh > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Nāfiʿ

Nafi' reported that Ibn 'Urnar used to kill all types of snakes until Abu Lubaba b. 'Abd al-Mundhir Badri reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ had forbidden the killing of the snakes of the houses, and so he abstained from it.  

مسلم:٢٢٣٣eوَحَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعٌ قَالَ كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَقْتُلُ الْحَيَّاتِ كُلَّهُنَّ حَتَّى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو لُبَابَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُنْذِرِ الْبَدْرِيُّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ جِنَّانِ الْبُيُوتِ فَأَمْسَكَ  

muslim:2233fMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá / al-Qaṭṭān > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Abū Lubābah Yukhbir Ibn ʿUmar

Nafi' reported that he heard Abu Lubaba informing Ibn 'Umar that Messenger of Allah ﷺ had forbidden the killing of domestic snakes.  

مسلم:٢٢٣٣fحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى وَهُوَ الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا لُبَابَةَ يُخْبِرُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ  

ahmad:15547ʿAffān > Jarīr / Ibn Ḥāzim > Nāfiʿ

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:١٥٥٤٧حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَازِمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ نَافِعًا قَالَ كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَأْمُرُ بِقَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ كُلِّهِنَّ لَا يَدَعُ مِنْهُنَّ شَيْئًا حَتَّى حَدَّثَهُ أَبُو لُبَابَةَ الْبَدْرِيُّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ جِنَّانِ الْبُيُوتِ  

ahmad:24010ʿAbbād b. ʿAbbād > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the killing of insects.  

أحمد:٢٤٠١٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ جُنَّانِ  

tabarani:4501Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > Abū Lubābah

Nafi' reported that Ibn 'Urnar used to kill all types of snakes until Abu Lubaba b. 'Abd al-Mundhir Badri reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ had forbidden the killing of the snakes of the houses, and so he abstained from it. (Using translation from Muslim 2233e)   

الطبراني:٤٥٠١حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ الَّتِي فِي الْبُيُوتِ»  

tabarani:4505Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Abū Lubābah Yukhbir 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)  

الطبراني:٤٥٠٥حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَحْيَى ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا لُبَابَةَ يُخْبِرُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ»  

tabarani:4506aʿAlī b. Saʿīd al-Rāzī > Abū Muṣʿab > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Dīnār > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > Abū Lubābah

Nafi' reported that Ibn 'Urnar used to kill all types of snakes until Abu Lubaba b. 'Abd al-Mundhir Badri reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ had forbidden the killing of the snakes of the houses, and so he abstained from it. (Using translation from Muslim 2233e)   

الطبراني:٤٥٠٦aحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ أَبَا لُبَابَةَ

أَخْبَرَهُ «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ الَّتِي فِي الْبُيُوتِ»  

tabarani:4506bʿAlī b. Saʿīd al-Rāzī > Abū Muṣʿab > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Dīnār > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > Abū Lubābah

Nafi' reported that Ibn 'Urnar used to kill all types of snakes until Abu Lubaba b. 'Abd al-Mundhir Badri reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ had forbidden the killing of the snakes of the houses, and so he abstained from it. (Using translation from Muslim 2233e)   

الطبراني:٤٥٠٦bحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ أَبَا لُبَابَةَ

أَخْبَرَهُ «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ الَّتِي فِي الْبُيُوتِ»  

tabarani:4646Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Bazzār > Bishr b. Ādam

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ forbade the killing of jinn."  

الطبراني:٤٦٤٦حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْبَزَّارُ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ آدَمَ ثنا أَبُو عَلِيُّ الْحَنَفِيُّ ثنا زَمْعَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُنْذِرِ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ»