6. Book of Sacrifices

٦۔ كِتَابُ الْأَضَاحِيِّ

6.26 [Machine] Prohibition of killing the frog and the bee

٦۔٢٦ بَابُ النَّهْيِ عَنْ قَتْلِ الضِّفْدَعِ وَالنَّحْلَةِ

darimi:2041ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbd al-Majīd > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Saʿīd b. Khālid al-Qāriẓī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿUthmān

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)   

الدارمي:٢٠٤١أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْقَارِظِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الضِّفْدَعِ»  

darimi:2042Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade killing four kinds of animals: Ants, bees, hoopoes and shrikes.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3224)  

الدارمي:٢٠٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ قَتْلِ أَرْبَعَةٍ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ النَّمْلَةِ وَالنَّحْلَةِ وَالْهُدْهُدِ وَالصُّرَدِ