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Sunan an-Nasa'iThe Book of Hajj

Sunan an-Nasa'i 2831

Chapter: Killing Geckos

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 2831

Narrator:Ā’ishah

أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَرْعَرَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً، دَخَلَتْ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ وَبِيَدِهَا عُكَّازٌ فَقَالَتْ مَا هَذَا فَقَالَتْ لِهَذِهِ الْوَزَغِ لأَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَدَّثَنَا ‏"‏ أَنَّهُ

لَمْ يَكُنْ شَىْءٌ إِلاَّ يُطْفِئُ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ إِلاَّ هَذِهِ الدَّابَّةُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَأَمَرَنَا بِقَتْلِهَا وَنَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ إِلاَّ ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يُطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ مَا فِي بُطُونِ النِّسَاءِ ‏.‏

It was narrated from Saeed bin Al-Musayyab that:

a woman enter upon Aishah, and in her hand was an iron-footed stick. She said: "What is this?" she (Aishah) Said: "It is for these geckos, because the Prophet of Allah told us, that there was nothing that did not try to extinguish the fire for Ihram except for this animals, so he told us to kill it. And he forbade us to kill harmless snakes, except for the snake with two lines on its back, and the snake with a short tail, for the snatch away the eyesight and cause tat which is in women's wombs to be miscarried.

Reported by An-Nasa’i (No. 2831).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan al-Nasa'i

قَوْله ( عُكَّاز ) بِضَمِّ عَيْن وَشَدَّة كَافٍ عَصَا ذَات حَدِيدَة ( إِلَّا يُطْفِئ ) مِنْ الْإِطْفَاء ( عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّان ) بِكَسْرِ الْجِيم وَتَشْدِيد النُّون هِيَ الْحَيَّات الَّتِي تَكُون فِي الْبُيُوت وَاحِدهَا جَانٍ هُوَ الدَّقِيق الْخَفِيف ( إِلَّا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ ) هُوَ بِضَمِّ طَاء وَسُكُون فَاءَ الْخَطَّانِ الْأَبْيَضَانِ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْحَيَّة ( وَالْأَبْتَر ) الْقَصِير الذَّنْب ( يَطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَر ) أَيْ يَخْطَفَانِ بِمَا فِيهِمَا مِنْ الْخَاصِّيَّة وَقِيلَ يَقْصِدَانِ الْبَصَر بِاللَّسْعِ.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2831
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2831
Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddahd. 1417 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2831

Other versions

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  • البحر الزخار بمسند البزار 10-13 (1621)اقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ ، وَالأَبْتَرَ ، فَإِنَّهُمَا يَطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ ، وَيُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ
  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (3699)مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَتْ : هَذِهِ الْوَزَغُ لأَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ حدثَنَا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ إِلا يُطْفِئُ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ إِلا هَذِهِ الدَّابَّةُ ، فَأَمَرَنَا بِقَتْلِهَا ، وَنَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ إِلا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالأَبْتَرَ ، فَإِنَّهُمَا يَطْمِسَان

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Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 4137

'Abd ar-Rahman b. Abu Laila. said that Abu Laila reported God’s messenger as saying, "When a snake appears in a dwelling say to it, ‘We ask you by the covenant made with Noah and the covenant made with Solomon son of David not to harm us.’ Then if it comes back, kill it." Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud…

" إِذَا ظَهَرَتِ الْحَيَّةُ فِي الْمَسْكَنِ فَقُولُوا لَهَا: إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكِ بِعَهْدِ نُوحٍ وَبِعَهْدِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ أَنْ لَا تُؤْذِينَا فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فَاقْتُلُوهَا "

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Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 4140

Ibn Mas'ud reported God's messenger as saying, "Kill all the snakes, and he who fears their revenge does not belong to me." Abu Dawud and Nasa'i transmitted it.

وَعَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ كُلَّهُنَّ فَمَنْ خَافَ ثَأْرَهُنَّ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 5252

Kill snakes, kill those which have two streaks and those with small tails, for they obliterate the eyesight and cause miscarriage. Salim said: ‘Abd Allah(b. ‘Umar) used to kill every snake which he found. Abu Lubabah or Zaid b. al-Khattab saw him chasing a snake. He said: He(the Prophet) prohibited…

اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ ‏"

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 5253

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.

قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ فِي الْبُيُوتِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَخْطِفَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَطْرَحَانِ مَا فِي بُطُونِ النِّسَاءِ ‏.‏

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