39. Greetings
٣٩۔ كتاب السلام
Umm Sharik reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded her to kill geckos. This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Abi Shaiba with a slight variation of wording.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَهَا بِقَتْلِ الأَوْزَاغِ وَفِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ أَمَرَ
Umm Sharik reported that she consulted Allah's Apostle ﷺ in regard to killing of geckos, and he commanded to kill them and Umm Sharik is one of the women of Bani 'Amir b. Luwayy. This hadith has been reported through another chain of transmitters with the same meaning.
أَنَّهَا اسْتَأْمَرَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي قَتْلِ الْوِزْغَانِ فَأَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهَا وَأُمُّ شَرِيكٍ إِحْدَى نِسَاءِ بَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ لُؤَىٍّ اتَّفَقَ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ وَعَبْدِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ وَحَدِيثُ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ قَرِيبٌ مِنْهُ
'Amir b. Sa'd reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle ﷺ commanded the killing of geckos, and he called them little noxious creatures.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الْوَزَغِ وَسَمَّاهُ فُوَيْسِقًا
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِلْوَزَغِ الْفُوَيْسِقُ زَادَ حَرْمَلَةُ قَالَتْ وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِ
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.
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
- He who killed a gecko with the first stroke for him are ordained one hundred virtues, and with the second one less than that and with the third one less than that.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ إِلاَّ جَرِيرًا وَحْدَهُ فَإِنَّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ مَنْ قَتَلَ وَزَغًا فِي أَوَّلِ ضَرْبَةٍ كُتِبَتْ لَهُ مِائَةُ حَسَنَةٍ وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ دُونَ ذَلِكَ وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ دُونَ ذَلِكَ
Abu Huraira reported Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying (that he who kills a gecko) with the first stroke there are seventy rewards for him.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي أَوَّلِ ضَرْبَةٍ سَبْعِينَ حَسَنَةً