Ibn Abbas said: A mouse came dragging a wick and dropped before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the mat on which he was sitting with the result that it burned a hole in it about the size of dirham. He (the prophet) said: When you go to sleep, extinguish your lamps, for the devil guides a creature like this to do thus and sets you on fire.

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ التَّمَّارُ،‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ طَلْحَةَ،‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطٌ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ،‏‏‏‏ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ "جَاءَتْ فَأْرَةٌ فَأَخَذَتْ تَجُرُّ الْفَتِيلَةَ،‏‏‏‏ فَجَاءَتْ بِهَا فَأَلْقَتْهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْخُمْرَةِ الَّتِي كَانَ قَاعِدًا عَلَيْهَا،‏‏‏‏ فَأَحْرَقَتْ مِنْهَا مِثْلَ مَوْضِعِ الدِّرْهَمِ،‏‏‏‏ فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ إِذَا نِمْتُمْ،‏‏‏‏ فَأَطْفِئُوا سُرُجَكُمْ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَدُلُّ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ عَلَى هَذَا فَتُحْرِقَكُمْ".

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: We have not made peace with them since we fought with them, so he who leaves any of them alone through fear does not belong to us.

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاق بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل،‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ أَبِيهِ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ،‏‏‏‏ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قال رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ "مَا سَالَمْنَاهُنَّ مُنْذُ حَارَبْنَاهُنَّ،‏‏‏‏ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ شَيْئًا مِنْهُنَّ خِيفَةً،‏‏‏‏ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا".

Narrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The Prophet ﷺ said: Kill all the snakes, and he who fears their revenge does not belong to me.

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ بَيَانٍ السُّكَّرِيُّ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ إِسْحَاق بْنِ يُوسُفَ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ شَرِيكٍ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ أَبِيهِ،‏‏‏‏عَنْ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ،‏‏‏‏ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قال رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ "اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ كُلَّهُنَّ فَمَنْ خَافَ ثَأْرَهُنَّ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي".

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ said: He who leaves the snakes along through fear of their pursuit, does not belong to us. We have not made peace with them since we have fought with them.

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ،‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ،‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ،‏‏‏‏ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ سَمِعْتُ عِكْرِمَةَ يَرْفَعُ الْحَدِيثَ فِيمَا أَرَى إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قال رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ "مَنْ تَرَكَ الْحَيَّاتِ مَخَافَةَ طَلَبِهِنَّ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا،‏‏‏‏ مَا سَالَمْنَاهُنَّ مُنْذُ حَارَبْنَاهُنَّ".

Narrated Al-Abbas ibn Abdul Muttalib: Al-Abbas said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: We wish to sweep out Zamzam, but in it there are some of these Jinnan, meaning small snakes; so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that they should be killed.

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ،‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ مُوسَى الطَّحَّانِ،‏‏‏‏ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَابِطٍ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْالْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ،‏‏‏‏ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَكْنُسَ زَمْزَمَ وَإِنَّ فِيهَا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْجِنَّانِ،‏‏‏‏ يَعْنِي الْحَيَّاتِ الصِّغَارَ،‏‏‏‏ فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقَتْلِهِنَّ".

Ibn Umar reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Kill snakes, kill those which have two streaks and those with small tails, for they obliterate the eyesight and cause miscarriage. Salim said: Abdullah (bin Umar) used to kill every snake which he found. Abu Lubabah or Zaid bin al-Khattab saw him chasing a snake. He said: He (the Prophet) prohibited house-snakes.

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ،‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ سَالِمٍ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ أَبِيهِ،‏‏‏‏ أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ "اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ،‏‏‏‏ وَذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ،‏‏‏‏ وَالْأَبْتَرَ،‏‏‏‏ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ،‏‏‏‏ وَيُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ"،‏‏‏‏ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَقْتُلُ كُلَّ حَيَّةٍ وَجَدَهَا،‏‏‏‏ فَأَبْصَرَهُ أَبُو لبابةَ أَوْ زَيْدُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ يُطَارِدُ حَيَّةً،‏‏‏‏ فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّهُ قَدْ نُهِيَ عَنْ ذَوَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ.

Abu Lubabah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited killing the jinnan (small snakes) that are in the house, except the one which have two streaks and the one with small tail, for they obliterate the eyesight and cause miscarriage.

حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ مَالِكٍ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ نَافِعٍ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ أَبِي لُبابةَ،‏‏‏‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ "نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ فِي الْبُيُوتِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ،‏‏‏‏ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَخْطِفَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَطْرَحَانِ مَا فِي بُطُونِ النِّسَاءِ".

Nafi said: After that, that is, after Abu Lubabah had mentioned him this tradition, Ibn Umar found a snake in his house; he commanded regarding it and it was driven away to al-Baqi'.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ،‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ نَافِعٍ،‏‏‏‏ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ وَجَدَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَعْنِي بَعْد مَا حَدَّثَهُ أَبُو لُبابةَ،‏‏‏‏ حَيَّةً فِي دَارِهِ،‏‏‏‏ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا،‏‏‏‏ فَأُخْرِجَتْ يَعْنِي إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ.

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Nafi through a different chain of transmitters. In this version Nafi said: After that I saw it again in his house.

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ،‏‏‏‏ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ،‏‏‏‏ قَالَا:‏‏‏‏ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ،‏‏‏‏ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَخْبَرَنِي أَسُامَةُ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ نَافِعٍ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ،‏‏‏‏ قَالَ نَافِعٌ:‏‏‏‏ ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُهَا بَعْدُ فِي بَيْتِهِ.

Narrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: Muhammad ibn Abu Yahya said that his father told that he and his companion went to Abu Saeed al-Khudri to pay a sick visit to him. He said: Then we came out from him and met a companion of ours who wanted to go to him. We went ahead and sat in the mosque. He then came back and told us that he heard Abu Saeed al-Khudri say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Some snakes are jinn; so when anyone sees one of them in his house, he should give it a warning three times. If it return (after that), he should kill it, for it is a devil.

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ،‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي يَحْيَى،‏‏‏‏ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّهُ انْطَلَقَ هُوَ وَصَاحِبٌ لَهُ إِلَى أَبِي سَعِيدٍ يَعُودَانِهِ،‏‏‏‏ فَخَرَجْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ،‏‏‏‏ فَلَقِيَنَا صَاحِبٌ لَنَا وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهِ،‏‏‏‏ فَأَقْبَلْنَا نَحْنُ،‏‏‏‏ فَجَلَسْنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ،‏‏‏‏ فَجَاءَ،‏‏‏‏ فَأَخْبَرَنَا أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ،‏‏‏‏ يَقُولُ:‏‏‏‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ "إِنَّ الْهَوَامَّ مِنَ الْجِنِّ،‏‏‏‏ فَمَنْ رَأَى فِي بَيْتِهِ شَيْئًا،‏‏‏‏ فَلْيُحَرِّجْ عَلَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ،‏‏‏‏ فَإِنْ عَادَ فَلْيَقْتُلْهُ،‏‏‏‏ فَإِنَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ".