Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Adab al-Mufrad al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī Misc
tabarani:11946 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥajjāj al-Sāmī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Mukhtār > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The snake is the transformed form of the jinn, just as monkeys and pigs were transformed from the Children of Israel."  

الطبراني:١١٩٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ السَّامِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْحَيَّاتُ مَسْخُ الْجِنِّ كَمَا مُسِخَتِ الْقِرَدَةُ وَالْخَنَازِيرُ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ»  

Add your own reflection below:

Sign in with Google to add or reply to reflections.

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُصَرِّحِ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْتُ أَنَّ مِنَ الْحَيَّاتِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ فِي الدُّورِ مِنْ مَسْخِ الْجِنِّ

ibnhibban:5640 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Mūsá Biʿaskar Mukram > Abū Kāmil al-Jaḥdarī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Mukhtār > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Snakes are created from the transformation of jinn, just as pigs and monkeys are transformed."  

ابن حبّان:٥٦٤٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُوسَى بِعَسْكَرِ مُكْرَمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْحَيَّاتُ مِنْ مَسْخِ الْجَانِّ كَمَا مُسِخَتِ الْخَنَازِيرُ وَالْقِرَدَةُ»  

suyuti:10677a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:١٠٦٧٧a –

"الحياتُ مسخُ الجنِّ كما مُسِخَتْ القِرَدةُ والخَنَازيرُ من بنى إِسرائيل".

طب (طس، بز، باختصار ورجال البزار رجال الصحيح. وأبو الشيخ في العظمة).  

عن ابن عباس