Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 55, Hadith 20
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ قَالَ: كَانَ عُثْمَانُ لاَ يَخْطُبُ جُمُعَةً إِلاَّ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلاَبِ، وَذَبْحِ الْحَمَامِ.
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Musa ibn Isma‘il related to us: Yusuf ibn ‘Abdah related to us: al-Hasan related to us, who said: ‘Whenever ‘Uthman delivered a Friday sermon, he ordered that dogs be killed and pigeons slaughtered.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source says every Friday sermon (Jumu‘ah) was accompanied by an order concerning dogs and pigeons.