Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 4138
Arabic hadith text
وَعَن عكرمةَ عَن ابنِ عبَّاسٍ قَالَ: لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا رَفَعَ الْحَدِيثَ: أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِقَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ وَقَالَ: «مَنْ تَرَكَهُنَّ خَشْيَةَ ثَائِرٍ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا» . رَوَاهُ فِي شَرْحِ السّنة
Translation
ʿIkrima reported from Ibn ʿAbbas—though I only know this as a narration raised to the Prophet—that he used to order snakes to be killed and said: ‘Whoever leaves them alone for fear of their revenge is not one of us.’ It is transmitted in Sharh al-Sunna.