Sahih Muslim Book - 39, Hadith - 5825

وحَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّاقِدُ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالأَبْتَرَ ، فَإِنَّهُمَا يَسْتَسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ وَيَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ. قَالَ : فَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ : يَقْتُلُ كُلَّ حَيَّةٍ وَجَدَهَا فَأَبْصَرَهُ أَبُو لُبَابَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُنْذِرِ ، أَوْ زَيْدُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ يُطَارِدُ حَيَّةً فَقَالَ : إِنَّهُ قَدْ نُهِيَ عَنْ ذَوَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ.

It was narrated from Salim, from his father, from the Prophet (s.a.w) (that he said): “Kill snakes and the one with two stripes and the short-tailed one, for they cause miscarriage and blindness.” Ibn ‘Umar used to kill every snake he found. Abu Lubabah bin –Abdul-Mundhir or Zaid bin Al-Khattab saw him chasing a snake and said: “It is forbidden to kill those snakes that live in houses.”