Sahih Muslim Book - 39, Hadith - 5826

وَحَدَّثَنَا حَاجِبُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْمُرُ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلاَبِ يَقُولُ : اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَالْكِلاَبَ ، وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالأَبْتَرَ ، فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ ، وَيَسْتَسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَالَى. قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ : وَنُرَى ذَلِكَ مِنْ سُمَّيْهِمَا ، وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ سَالِمٌ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ : فَلَبِثْتُ لاَ أَتْرُكُ حَيَّةً أَرَاهَا إِلاَّ قَتَلْتُهَا ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أُطَارِدُ حَيَّةً يَوْمًا ، مِنْ ذَوَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ ، مَرَّ بِي زَيْدُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ، أَوْ أَبُو لُبَابَةَ ، وَأَنَا أُطَارِدُهَا ، فَقَالَ : مَهْلاً ، يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ فَقُلْتُ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِنَّ ، قَالَ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْ ذَوَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ.

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) enjoin the killing of dogs. He said: ‘Kill snakes and dogs, and kill the one that has two stripes and the short-tailed one, for they cause blindness and miscarriage.”’ Az-Zuhri said: “We thought that was because of their poison, and Allah knows best.” Salim said: “Abdullah bin ‘Umar said: ‘For a while I did not leave any snake that I saw but I killed it. One day, while I was chasing the kind of snake that lives in houses, Zaid bin Al-Khattab or Abu Lubabah passed by me when I was chasing it. He said: ‘Take it easy, O ‘Abdullah.’ I said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) enjoined killing them.’ He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) forbade killing those that live in houses.”’