Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 1198g

Arabic hadith text

وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ، وَحَرْمَلَةُ، قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ، شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، - رضى الله عنها - قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ كُلُّهَا فَوَاسِقُ تُقْتَلُ فِي الْحَرَمِ الْغُرَابُ وَالْحِدَأَةُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُ وَالْعَقْرَبُ وَالْفَارَةُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu al-Tahir and Harmala narrated to me; they said: Ibn Wahb informed us: Yunus informed me, from Ibn Shihab, from Urwa ibn al-Zubayr, from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Five animals, all harmful, are to be killed in al-haram: the crow, the kite, the vicious dog, the scorpion, and the rat.’

Translation notes
  • Al-haram is retained in the translation because its scope may refer to the sacred precinct or to the state of ihram.

  • تُقْتَلُ فِي الْحَرَمِ

    The Arabic says al-haram; the English witness interprets it as within the precinct of the Kaaba, while other witnesses in this group render similar wording as the state of ihram.

    Should al-haram be rendered as a location or as a state of consecration in this report?