Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 2846
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ أَمَرَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِقَتْلِ الْكِلاَبِ حَتَّى إِنْ كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تَقْدَمُ مِنَ الْبَادِيَةِ - يَعْنِي بِالْكَلْبِ - فَنَقْتُلُهُ ثُمَّ نَهَانَا عَنْ قَتْلِهَا وَقَالَ " عَلَيْكُمْ بِالأَسْوَدِ " .
Translation
Yahya ibn Khalaf narrated to us: Abu 'Asim narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, who said: Abu al-Zubayr informed me, from Jabir, who said: ‘The Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) ordered that dogs be killed. We even killed a dog when a woman came from the desert—meaning, bringing a dog. Then he forbade us to kill them and said: “Keep to the black ones.”’