Hadith #446
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا رَفَعَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ كَانَ ي
َأْمُرُ بِقَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ وَيَقُولُ مَنْ تَرَكَهُنَّ خَشْيَةَ أَوْ مَخَافَةَ تَأْثِيرٍ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا قَالَ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ الْجَانَّ مَسِيخُ الْجِنِّ كَمَا مُسِخَتْ الْقِرَدَةُ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
Isnad Chain
عبد الرزاق
معمر
أيوب
عكرمة
ابن عباس
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) — via 'Ikrimah — that [Ibn 'Abbas] said: 'I do not know but that he raised it [attributed it to the Prophet ﷺ]: He used to command the killing of snakes and say: 'Whoever leaves them out of fear of [their supposed] supernatural influence [ta'thir] — he is not of us.' Ibn 'Abbas also said: 'The household snake [al-jann] is a transformed form of the jinn, just as the apes were transformed from the Children of Israel.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 10, Hadith 446
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3084
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39474