سنن أبي داود

Hadith 5256

Book 52: (Abwab Us Salam )

أبواب السلام

Chapter 175

Chapter: Regarding killing snakes.

باب فِي قَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ

English narration

Narrated by أبو سعيد الخدري

Narrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: Muhammad ibn Abu Yahya said that his father told that he and his companion went to Abu Saeed 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 Abu Saeed al-Khudri say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Some snakes are jinn; so when anyone sees one of them in his house, he should give it a warning three times. If it return (after that), he should kill it, for it is a devil.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ , حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى , عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي يَحْيَى , قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّهُ انْطَلَقَ هُوَ وَصَاحِبٌ لَهُ إِلَى أَبِي سَعِيدٍ يَعُودَانِهِ , فَخَرَجْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ , فَلَقِيَنَا صَاحِبٌ لَنَا وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهِ , فَأَقْبَلْنَا نَحْنُ , فَجَلَسْنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ , فَجَاءَ , فَأَخْبَرَنَا أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ , يَقُولُ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "

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

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Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 5256In-book: Book 52, Hadith 5256

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