Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3310, 3311
حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِي يُونُسَ الْقُشَيْرِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، كَانَ يَقْتُلُ الْحَيَّاتِ ثُمَّ نَهَى قَالَ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم هَدَمَ حَائِطًا لَهُ، فَوَجَدَ فِيهِ سِلْخَ حَيَّةٍ فَقَالَ " انْظُرُوا أَيْنَ هُوَ ". فَنَظَرُوا فَقَالَ " اقْتُلُوهُ ". فَكُنْتُ أَقْتُلُهَا لِذَلِكَ. فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا لُبَابَةَ فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ تَقْتُلُوا الْجِنَّانَ، إِلاَّ كُلَّ أَبْتَرَ ذِي طُفْيَتَيْنِ، فَإِنَّهُ يُسْقِطُ الْوَلَدَ، وَيُذْهِبُ الْبَصَرَ، فَاقْتُلُوهُ ".
ʿAmr ibn ʿAli narrated to me: Ibn Abi ʿAdi narrated to us, from Abu Yunus al-Qushayri, from Ibn Abi Mulayka, that Ibn ʿUmar used to kill snakes, then stopped. He said: The Prophet ﷺ once demolished a wall of his and found a snake’s shed skin in it. He said, ‘Look where it is.’ They looked, and he said, ‘Kill it.’ That is why I used to kill them. Then I met Abu Lubaba, who informed me that the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Do not kill house snakes, except every short-tailed one with two stripes, for it causes miscarriage and impairs eyesight; kill it.’
Translation notes
Preserved the shift in Ibn ʿUmar’s practice and the exception for the short-tailed, two-striped snake.