Sunan Abi Dawud 5260
Regarding killing snakes
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حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ حَيَّاتِ الْبُيُوتِ فَقَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ مِنْهُنَّ شَيْئًا فِي مَسَاكِنِكُمْ فَقُولُوا أَنْشُدُكُنَّ الْعَهْدَ الَّذِي أَخَذَ عَلَيْكُنَّ نُوحٌ أَنْشُدُكُنَّ الْعَهْدَ الَّذِي أَخَذَ عَلَيْكُنَّ سُلَيْمَانُ أَنْ لاَ تُؤْذُونَا فَإِنْ عُدْنَ فَاقْتُلُوهُنَّ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Saʿīd b. Sulaymān
- ʿAlī b. Hāshim
- Ibn Abū Laylá
- Thābit al-Bunānī
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá
- his father
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the house-snakes. He said: When you see one of them in your dwelling, say: I adjure you by the covenant which Noah made with you, and I adjure you by the covenant which Solomon made with you not to harm us. Then if they come back, kill them.
Grades by grader
| al-Albani | Weak | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Weak Chainin تخريج سنن أبي داود, p. 5260 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
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- al-Tirmidhi
حسن غريب
machine translationGood and gharīb (ḥasan gharīb).
in سنن أبي داود, p. 5245 - al-Albani
سكت عنه [وقد قال في رسالته لأهل مكة كل ما سكت عنه فهو صالح]
machine translationHe (Abū Dāwūd) remained silent about it [and he said in his letter to the people of Mecca: everything I have remained silent about is acceptable (ṣāliḥ)].
in ضعيف سنن أبي داود, p. 5260
Other narrations of this report
Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1485al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 6451al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 6452Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 20274al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 10766
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 37 AHأَبُو لَيْلَى الْأَيْسَرُ الْأَنْصَارِيُّصحابيعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 82 AH, or 83 AH, also said: 71 AH, which is a mistakeعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَىثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 122 AH, or 123 AH, or 126 AH, or 127 AH, or 129 AHثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّثقة عابدعن
- truthful (ṣadūq), of very poor memoryd. 148 AHابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَىصدوق ، سيئ الحفظ جدانا
- truthful (ṣadūq), inclined to Shīʿismd. 180 AH, or 181 AH, or 189 AHعَلِيِّ بْنِ هَاشِمٍصدوق يتشيععن
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 225 AHسَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَثقة حافظحدثنا
- 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
ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd (Ashraf)
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