Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1485
What Has Been Related About Killing Snakes
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حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو لَيْلَى قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
إِذَا ظَهَرَتِ الْحَيَّةُ فِي الْمَسْكَنِ فَقُولُوا لَهَا إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكِ بِعَهْدِ نُوحٍ وَبِعَهْدِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ أَنْ لاَ تُؤْذِينَا فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فَاقْتُلُوهَا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Hannād
- Ibn Abū Zāʾidah
- Ibn Abū Laylá
- Thābit al-Bunānī
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá
- Abū Laylá
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When a snake appears in your dwellings then say to it: We ask you - by covenant of Nuh, and by the covenant of Sulaiman bin Dawud - that you do not harm us.' If it returns, then kill it."
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Weak | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Muhammad Shakir | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
Same hadith, other wordings
- Misykatul Mashabih 4137وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو لَيْلَى: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِذَا ظَهَرَتِ الْحَيَّةُ فِي الْمَسْكَنِ فَقُولُوا لَهَا: إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكِ بِعَهْدِ نُوحٍ وَبِعَهْدِ سُلَي