Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 4141
Arabic hadith text
وَعَن العبَّاسِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَكْنُسَ زَمْزَمَ وَإِنَّ فِيهَا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْجِنَّانِ يَعْنِي الْحَيَّاتِ الصِّغَارِ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقَتْلِهِنَّ. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Translation
Al-ʿAbbas, may Allah be pleased with him, reported: I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, we want to sweep Zamzam, but it contains some of these jinn’—meaning, small snakes. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that they be killed. Abu Dawud transmitted it.