Musnad Ahmad
Musnad Ahmad 521
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ، قَالَ شَهِدْتُ عُثْمَانَ يَأْمُرُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلَابِ وَذَبْحِ الْحَمَامِ.
Translation
Al Hasan narrated
I saw `Uthman enjoining, in his khutbah, the killing of dogs and the slaughter of pigeons.