Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 50, Hadith 19
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي نُعْمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: اسْتَيْقَظَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ، فَإِذَا فَأْرَةٌ قَدْ أَخَذَتِ الْفَتِيلَةَ، فَصَعِدَتْ بِهَا إِلَى السَّقْفِ لِتَحْرِقَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْبَيْتَ، فَلَعَنَهَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَحَلَّ قَتْلَهَا لِلْمُحْرِمِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Yunus related to us: Abu Bakr related to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Ziyad, from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Nu‘m, from Abu Sa‘id, who said: One night the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, woke to find that a mouse had taken the wick and climbed with it to the ceiling, intending to burn the house down over its occupants. The Prophet cursed it and declared it lawful for a person in ritual consecration to kill it.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
المحرم means a person in the state of ihram; it does not mean “in the Haram” (the sanctuary).
وَأَحَلَّ قَتْلَهَا لِلْمُحْرِمِ
The Arabic identifies the person permitted to kill it as al-muhrim, one in ritual consecration, not a location called the Haram.
Should the legal term be rendered “a person in ihram” in the published translation?