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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Hunting

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1484b

Chapter: What Has Been Related About Killing Snakes

Not graded Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1484b

Narrator:Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri

وَرَوَى مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ صَيْفِيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِي السَّائِبِ، مَوْلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ زُهْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ قِصَّةٌ ‏.‏ حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ ‏.‏ وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَرَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ صَيْفِيٍّ نَحْوَ رِوَايَةِ مَالِكٍ ‏.‏

Malik bin Anas reported this Hadith from Saifi from Abu As-Sa'ib the freed slave of Hisham bin Zuhrah, from Abu Sa'eed from the Prophet (ﷺ), and there is a story along with the Hadith. Another Chain similar to the narration of Malik

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 1484b, 1484).

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Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( إِنَّ لِبُيُوتِكُمْ عُمَّارًا ) أَيْ سَوَاكِنَ ( فَحَرِّجُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ ثَلَاثًا ) بِتَشْدِيدِ الرَّاءِ الْمَكْسُورَةِ أَيْ ضَيِّقُوا أَيْ قُولُوا لَهَا أَنْتِ فِي حَرَجٍ أَيْ ضَيِّقٍ إِنْ عُدْت إِلَيْنَا فَلَا تَلُومِينَا أَنْ نُضَيِّقَ عَلَيْك بِالتَّتَبُّعِ وَالطَّرْدِ وَالْقَتْلِ كَذَا فِي النِّهَايَةِ وَفِي شَرْحِ مُسْلِمٍ لِلنَّوَوِيِّ. قَالَ الْقَاضِي عِيَاضٌ : رَوَى اِبْنُ الْحَبِيبِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ : " أَنْشَدْتُكُمْ بِالْعَهْدِ الَّذِي أَخَذَ عَلَيْكُمْ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ أَنْ لَا تُؤْذُونَا وَلَا تَظْهَرُوا لَنَا " وَنَحْوِهِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ ( فَإِنْ بَدَا ) أَيْ ظَهَرَ ( بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ) أَيْ…

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Authentic Muwatta Malik 1798

Malik related to me from Safiyy, the mawla of Ibn Aflah that Abu's-Saib, the mawla of Hisham ibn Zuhra said, "I went to Abu Said al-Khudri and found him praying. I sat to wait for him until he finished the prayer. I heard a movement under a bed in his room, and it was a snake. I stood up to kill…

وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ صَيْفِيٍّ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ أَفْلَحَ عَنْ أَبِي السَّائِبِ، مَوْلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ زُهْرَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ فَوَجَدْتُهُ يُصَلِّي فَجَلَسْتُ أَنْتَظِرُهُ…

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri + 2 other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 2236c

There is a group of jinns in Medina who accepted Islam, so he who would see anything from these occupants should warn him three times; and if he appears after that, he should kill him for he is a satan.

بِالْمَدِينَةِ نَفَرًا مِنَ الْجِنِّ قَدْ أَسْلَمُوا فَمَنْ رَأَى شَيْئًا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْعَوَامِرِ فَلْيُؤْذِنْهُ ثَلاَثًا فَإِنْ بَدَا لَهُ بَعْدُ فَلْيَقْتُلْهُ فَإِنَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 5257

what is with you? I said : Here is a snake. He said : what do you want ? I said : I shall kill it. He then pointed to a room in his house in front of his room and said : My cousin (son of my uncle) was in this room. He asked his permission to go to his wife on the occasion of the battle of Troops…

إِنَّ نَفَرًا مِنَ الْجِنِّ أَسْلَمُوا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ فَحَذِّرُوهُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ إِنْ بَدَا لَكُمْ بَعْدُ أَنْ تَقْتُلُوهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ بَعْدَ الثَّلاَثِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri + 1 other version

Weak Sunan Abu Dawud 5256

Muhammad ibn AbuYahya said that his father told that he and his companion went to AbuSa'id al-Khudri to pay a sick visit to him. He said: Then we came out from him and met a companion of ours who wanted to go to him. We went ahead and sat in the mosque. He then came back and told us that he heard…

إِنَّ الْهَوَامَّ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَمَنْ رَأَى فِي بَيْتِهِ شَيْئًا فَلْيُحَرِّجْ عَلَيْهِ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنْ عَادَ فَلْيَقْتُلْهُ فَإِنَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri

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