Hadith #558
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي الْفُرَاتِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَعْيَنِ الْعَبْديِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ الْجُشَمِيِّ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا ابْنُ مَس
ْعُودٍ يَخْطُبُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِذْ مَرَّ بِحَيَّةٍ تَمْشِي عَلَى الْجِدَارِ فَقَطَعَ خُطْبَتَهُ ثُمَّ ضَرَبَهَا بِقَضِيبِهِ حَتَّى قَتَلَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ قَتَلَ حَيَّةً فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ رَجُلًا مُشْرِكًا قَدْ حَلَّ دَمُهُ
Isnad Chain
عبد الصمد
داود ي
ابن أبي الفرات
محمد بن زيد
أبي الأعين العبدي
أبي الأحوص الجشمي
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه) — via 'Abd al-Samad, from Dawud ibn Abi al-Furat, from Muhammad ibn Zayd, from Abi al-A'yan al-'Abdi, from Abi al-Ahwas al-Jushami — that he said: 'While Ibn Mas'ud was delivering a sermon one day, a snake appeared moving along the wall. He cut short his sermon and struck it with his staff until he killed it. Then he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whoever kills a snake is as if he has killed a man who was a polytheist whose blood was lawful [to shed].'
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 11, Hadith 558
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3796
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-40186