قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الطَّحَّانُ الصَّغِيرُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عِكْرِمَةَ يَرْفَعُ الْحَدِيثَ فِيمَا أُرَى إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ تَرَكَ الْحَيَّاتِ مَخَافَةَ طَلَبِهِنَّ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا مَا سَالَمْنَاهُنَّ مُنْذُ حَارَبْنَاهُنَّ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2037
Moosa bin Muslim at- Tahhan as-Sagheer narrated: I heard 'Ikrimah attributing the hadeeth, as I think, to Ibn 'Abbas. He said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "Whoever leaves snakes alone out of fear of their pursuit is not one of us. We have not made peace with them since we fought them."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
