أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَرْعَرَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً دَخَلَتْ عَلَی عَائِشَةَ وَبِيَدِهَا عُکَّازٌ فَقَالَتْ مَا هَذَا فَقَالَتْ لِهَذِهِ الْوَزَغِ لِأَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَکُنْ شَيْئٌ إِلَّا يُطْفِئُ عَلَی إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام إِلَّا هَذِهِ الدَّابَّةُ فَأَمَرَنَا بِقَتْلِهَا وَنَهَی عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ إِلَّا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ مَا فِي بُطُونِ النِّسَائِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2838
It was narrated from Saeed bin Al-Musayyab that a woman entered upon ‘Aishah, and in her hand was an iron-footed stick. She said: “What is this?” She (‘Aishah) said: “It is for these geckos, because the Prophet of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم told us, that there was nothing that did not try to extinguish the fire for Ibrahim except for this animal, so he told us to kill it. And he forbade us to kill harmless snakes, except for the snake with two lines on its back, and the snake with a short tail, for they snatch away the eyesight and cause that which is in women’s wombs to be miscarried.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020