Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 4279
The Command To Kill dogs
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلمأَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلاَبِ إِلاَّ كَلْبَ صَيْدٍ أَوْ كَلْبَ مَاشِيَةٍ .
Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that
The Messenger of Allah commanded that all dogs be killed except dogs used for hunting or herding livestock.