The Book on Hunting

كتاب الصيد والذبائح عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Chapter 15: What Has Been Related About Killing Snakes

Narrated Ibn 'Umar

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Kill snakes and kill Dhut-Tufyatain and Al-Abtar, because they blind the sight and cause abortions of fetuses."

Narrated Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Indeed there are others inhabiting your homes. So yell at them three times (to leave). If you see any of them after that, then kill them."

Narrated Abu Laila

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "When a snake appears in your dwellings then say to it: We ask you - by covenant of Nuh, and by the covenant of Sulaiman bin Dawud - that you do not harm us.' If it returns, then kill it."

Chapter 16: What Has Been Related About Killing Dogs

Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mughaffal

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "If it were not that dogs were part of a nation among the nations, then I would order to that all of them be killed. So kill every one of them that is all black."

Chapter 17: What Has Been Related About How Much Is Deducted From The Reward Of One Who Keeps A Dog

Narrated Ibn 'Umar

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever keeps a dog" - or: "acquires a dog" - "neither of hunting nor to guard livestock, then two Qirat are deducted from his reward, daily."

Narrated Ibn 'Umar

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered killing dogs, except for the hunting dog, or the dog that guards livestock." It was said to him: "Abu Hurairah would say: 'or a farm dog' so he (Ibn 'Umar) said: "Abu Hurairah had a farm."

Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mughaffal

"I was one of those who held up the branches from the tree away from the face of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) while he was delivering the Khutbah saying: 'If it were not that dogs were a nation among nations, then I would order that they be killed. So kill every one among them that is all black. There is one inhabiting a home in which they keep a dog but their deeds are decreased by one Qirat every day - except for a hunting dog, or a farm dog, or a sheep dog.'"

Narrated Abu Hurairah

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever acquires a dog - with the exception of a dog to guard livestock, a hunting dog, or a farm dog - each day a Qirat is deducted from his reward."

Chapter 18: What Has Been Related About Slaughtering With Reeds And The Like

Another chain from Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (ﷺ) and it is similar, but the narrator did not mention in it

"Abayah, from his father" and this is more correct. 'Abayah heard from Rafi'.

Chapter 19: What Has Been Related About Camels, Cows, And Sheep, When They Flee And Become Wild: Are They Shot With An Arrow Or Not ?

Narrated Rafi' bin Khadij

Another chain from Rafi' bin Khadij from the Prophet (ﷺ) and it is similar, but (the narrator) did not mention in it "Abayah from his father." and this is more correct.