Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 838
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نُعْمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " يَقْتُلُ الْمُحْرِمُ السَّبُعَ الْعَادِيَ وَالْكَلْبَ الْعَقُورَ وَالْفَأْرَةَ وَالْعَقْرَبَ وَالْحِدَأَةَ وَالْغُرَابَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ . قَالُوا الْمُحْرِمُ يَقْتُلُ السَّبُعَ الْعَادِيَ . وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ . وَقَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ كُلُّ سَبُعٍ عَدَا عَلَى النَّاسِ أَوْ عَلَى دَوَابِّهِمْ فَلِلْمُحْرِمِ قَتْلُهُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us: Hushaym narrated to us: Yazid ibn Abi Ziyad informed us, from Ibn Abi Nu'm, from Abu Sa'id, from the Prophet, who said: ‘A person in ihram may kill an attacking beast, a vicious dog, a mouse, a scorpion, a kite, and a crow.’
Abu Isa said: This is a hasan hadith. Scholars act on it. They said that a person in ihram may kill an attacking beast. Al-Shafi'i said that a person in ihram may kill any beast that attacks people or their riding animals. This is the view of Sufyan al-Thawri and al-Shafi'i.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The list names animals that pose a threat; al-Shafi'i's comment extends the permission to any beast that attacks people or their animals.