Sunan Abi Dawud 5253
Regarding killing snakes
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حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ
نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ فِي الْبُيُوتِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَخْطِفَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَطْرَحَانِ مَا فِي بُطُونِ النِّسَاءِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Qaʿnabī
- Mālik
- Nāfiʿ
- Abū Lubābah
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited killing the jinnan(small snakes) that are in the house, except the one which have two streaks and the one with small tail, for they obliterate the eyesight and cause miscarriage.
Grades by grader
| al-Albani | Soundin صحيح سنن أبي داود, p. 5253 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Sound Chainin تخريج سنن أبي داود, p. 5253 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Sahih Bukhari (3298، 3312، 3313) Sahih Muslim (2233) | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
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- Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
وهذه الزيادة قوله إلا أن يكون ذا الطفيتين إلى آخر الحديث لم يقله أحد في حديث أبي لبابة إلا القعنبي وحده وليس بصحيح في حديث أبي لبابة وهو وهم
in سنن أبي داود, p. 5238
Other narrations of this report
Sahih al-Bukhari 3297Sahih al-Bukhari 3312Sahih Muslim 2233eSahih Muslim 2233jMusnad Abi Ya'la 5496
Narrators
- a well-known Companiond. died after the killing of ʿUthmān, or during ʿAlī's caliphate, also said: after 50 AHأَبُو لُبَابَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُنْذِرِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّصحابي مشهورعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a well-known jurist (faqīh)d. 116 AH, or 117 AH, or 118 AH, or 119 AH, or 120 AHنَافِعٍثقة ثبت فقيه مشهورعن
- The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AHمَالِكٍالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتينعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 220 AH, or 221 AHالْقَعْنَبِيُّثقة عابدحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), the compiler of the Sunan and other works, one of the senior scholars.d. 275 AHأَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّثقة ، حافظ , مصنف السنن وغيرها ، من كبار العلماء
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Commentaries
شرح مشكل الآثار
الاعتبار في الناسخ والمنسوخ
ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd (Ashraf)
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