Beginning of Creation

Abu al-Mughira narrated to us: al-Awzaʿi narrated to us: Yahya narrated to me, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi Qatada, from his father, from the Prophet ﷺ. Sulayman ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman narrated to me: al-Walid narrated to us: al-Awzaʿi narrated to us: Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated to me: ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi Qatada narrated to me, from his father, who said: The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘A good dream is from Allah, while a troubling dream is from Satan. If one of you has a dream that frightens him, let him spit lightly to his left and seek refuge with Allah from its evil; then it will not harm him.’

ʿAbd Allah ibn Yusuf narrated to us: Malik informed us, from Sumayy, the freedman of Abu Bakr, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Whoever says one hundred times in a day, “There is no god but Allah alone, without partner. To Him belongs sovereignty and praise, and He has power over all things,” will have the reward of freeing ten enslaved people. One hundred good deeds will be recorded for him and one hundred bad deeds erased. That day it will be a protection for him from Satan until evening, and no one will bring anything better than what he has brought, except one who does more.’

ʿAli ibn ʿAbd Allah narrated to us: Yaʿqub ibn Ibrahim narrated to us: My father narrated to us, from Salih, from Ibn Shihab, who said: ʿAbd al-Hamid ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Zayd informed me that Muhammad ibn Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas informed him that his father, Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas, said: ʿUmar asked permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, while some Qurayshi women were with him, speaking to him and asking him for more, their voices raised. When ʿUmar asked permission, they hurried behind the screen. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave him permission and was smiling. ʿUmar said, ‘May Allah keep you smiling, Messenger of Allah.’ He replied, ‘I was amazed by these women who were with me: when they heard your voice, they hurried behind the screen.’ ʿUmar said, ‘Messenger of Allah, you are more deserving that they should fear you.’ Then he said, ‘O enemies of your own selves! You fear me but do not fear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?’ They said, ‘Yes, for you are harsher and sterner than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘By the One in Whose hand is my soul, whenever Satan encounters you on a path, he takes a path other than yours.’

Ibrahim ibn Hamza narrated to me: Ibn Abi Hazim narrated to me, from Yazid, from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, from ʿIsa ibn Talha, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: ‘When one of you wakes from sleep—I think he said—and performs ablution, let him rinse water through his nose three times, for Satan spends the night at the upper part of his nose.’

Qutayba narrated to us, from Malik, from ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Abi Saʿsaʿa al-Ansari, from his father, who informed him that Abu Saʿid al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: ‘I see that you love sheep and the open country. When you are with your flock and in the open country and call the prayer, raise your voice in the call. No jinn, human, or anything within the caller’s range of voice will hear it without bearing witness for him on the Day of Resurrection.’ Abu Saʿid said: ‘I heard this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.’

ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad narrated to us: Hisham ibn Yusuf narrated to us: Maʿmar narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both), who heard the Prophet ﷺ preaching from the pulpit: ‘Kill snakes, and kill the one with two stripes and the short-tailed one, for they impair eyesight and cause miscarriage.’ ʿAbd Allah added: While I was chasing a snake to kill it, Abu Lubaba called to me, ‘Do not kill it.’ I said, ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered us to kill snakes.’ He replied, ‘After that, he forbade killing those that live in houses; they are the domestic snakes.’

ʿAbd al-Razzaq said, from Maʿmar: Abu Lubaba—or Zayd ibn al-Khattab—saw me. Yunus, Ibn ʿUyayna, Ishaq al-Kalbi, and al-Zubaydi transmitted similarly. Salih, Ibn Abi Hafsa, and Ibn Mujammaʿ said, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from Ibn ʿUmar: Abu Lubaba and Zayd ibn al-Khattab saw me.

Ismaʿil ibn Abi Uways narrated to us: Malik narrated to me, from ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Abi Saʿsaʿa, from his father, from Abu Saʿid al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Soon the best possession a man may have will be sheep, which he follows to the mountain heights and places where rain falls, fleeing with his religion from tribulations.’

ʿAbd Allah ibn Yusuf informed us: Malik informed us, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-Aʿraj, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘The source of disbelief is toward the east. Pride and arrogance are among the people of horses and camels, and the loud-voiced herders of the desert tents; tranquility is among the people of sheep.’

Musaddad narrated to us: Yahya narrated to us, from Ismaʿil, who said: Qays narrated to me, from ʿUqba ibn ʿAmr, Abu Masʿud, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ pointed with his hand toward Yemen and said: ‘Faith is in Yemen—over there. Indeed, harshness and hard-heartedness are among the loud-voiced herders at the bases of camel tails, where the two horns of Satan emerge among Rabiʿa and Mudar.’

Qutayba narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us, from Jaʿfar ibn Rabiʿa, from al-Aʿraj, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘When you hear roosters crowing, ask Allah for His bounty, for they have seen an angel. When you hear a donkey braying, seek refuge with Allah from Satan, for it has seen a satan.’

Ishaq narrated to us: Rawh informed us: Ibn Jurayj informed us: ʿAtaʾ informed me that he heard Jabir ibn ʿAbd Allah (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘When night falls—or when evening comes—keep your children close, for the devils spread out then. When an hour of the night has passed, let them go, and close the doors while mentioning Allah’s name, for Satan does not open a closed door.’ He said: ʿAmr ibn Dinar also informed me that he heard Jabir ibn ʿAbd Allah report something similar to what ʿAtaʾ informed me, but he did not mention ‘and mention Allah’s name.’

Musa ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Wuhaib narrated to us, from Khalid, from Muhammad, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: ‘A community of the Children of Israel disappeared, and it is not known what became of it. I can only think that they were mice: when camel milk was placed before them, they would not drink it, but when sheep’s milk was placed before them, they would drink it.’ I related this to Kaʿb, and he said, ‘Did you hear the Prophet ﷺ say this?’ I replied, ‘Yes.’ He asked me this repeatedly. I said, ‘Am I reading the Torah?’

Saʿid ibn ʿUfayr narrated to us, from Ibn Wahb, who said: Yunus narrated to me, from Ibn Shihab, from ʿUrwa, who related from ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet ﷺ called the gecko ‘a harmful little creature.’ She said: ‘I did not hear him order that it be killed.’ Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas maintained that the Prophet ﷺ ordered that it be killed.

Sadaqa narrated to us: Ibn ʿUyayna informed us: ʿAbd al-Hamid ibn Jubayr ibn Shayba narrated to us, from Saʿid ibn al-Musayyib, that Umm Sharik informed him that the Prophet ﷺ ordered her to kill geckos.

ʿUbayd ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Abu Usama narrated to us, from Hisham, from his father, from ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Kill the one with two stripes, for it attacks the eyesight and harms pregnancy.’ Hammad ibn Salama corroborated this, reporting from Abu Usama …

Musaddad narrated to us: Yahya narrated to us, from Hisham, who said: My father narrated to me, from ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: The Prophet ﷺ ordered that the short-tailed one be killed, and said: ‘It harms eyesight and ends pregnancy.’

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.’

Malik ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Jarir ibn Hazim narrated to us, from Nafiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, who used to kill snakes. Abu Lubaba informed him that the Prophet ﷺ had forbidden killing the house snakes, so he refrained from killing them.

Musaddad narrated to us: Yazid ibn Zurayʿ narrated to us: Maʿmar narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from ʿUrwa, from ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her), from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: ‘Five harmful creatures may be killed within the Sacred Precinct: the mouse, scorpion, kite, crow, and attacking dog.’