Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 1831

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لِلْوَزَغِ ‏"‏ فُوَيْسِقٌ ‏"‏‏.‏ وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ : إِنَّمَا أَرَدْنَا بِهَذَا أَنَّ مِنًى مِنْ الْحَرَمِ ، وَأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَرَوْا بِقَتْلِ الْحَيَّةِ بَأْسًا

Translation

Ismail said: Malik told me, from Ibn Shihab, from Urwa ibn al-Zubayr, from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of the Prophet, that the Messenger of Allah called the gecko a little noxious creature. She added: I did not hear him order that it be killed.

Abu Abd Allah said: What we intended to show here is that Mina lies within the Sacred Precinct, and that they saw no objection to killing a snake.