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tabarani:9745ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > al-Masʿūdī > al-Qāsim

[Machine] Abdullah said, "Whoever kills a snake or a scorpion has killed a disbeliever." Al-Mas'udi did not mention this statement from his father.  

الطبراني:٩٧٤٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «مَنْ قَتَلَ حَيَّةً أَوْ عَقْرَبًا فَقَدْ قَتَلَ كَافِرًا» لَمْ يَقُلِ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ