The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to kill dogs, so I went out to kill them, and I would not see a dog without killing it. Then I came upon a dog circling around a house, and I went to kill it, but a person called out to me from inside the house, "Abdullah, what are you trying to do?"I replied, "I want to kill this dog."She said, "I am a woman left on my own, and this dog drives wild beasts away from me and alerts me when someone is approaching. Go to the Prophet ﷺ and mention this to him."So I went to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned it to him, and he ordered me to kill it.
أمرني رسول الله ﷺ أن أقتل الكلاب فخرجت أقتلها لا أرى كلبا إلا قتلته، فإذا كلب يدور ببيت، فذهبت لأقتله، فناداني إنسان من جوف البيت: يا عبد الله ما تريد أن تصنع؟ قال: قلت: أريد أن أقتل هذا الكلب، فقالت: إني امرأة مضيعة، وإن هذا الكلب يطرد عني السبع، ويؤذنني بالجائي، فأت النبي ﷺ فاذكر ذلك له، قال: فأتيت النبي ﷺ فذكرت ذلك له، فأمرني بقتله.
Ahmad (27188) narrated it from Abu Amir (that is, Abdul-Malik bin Amr Aqdi), who said, Yaqub bin Muhammad bin Tahla narrated to us, Abu Rijal narrated to us, from Salim bin Abdullah, from Abu Rafi, who said, then he mentioned it. Tabarani also narrated it through this same route in Al-Kabir (927). Its chain is sahih, all its narrators being trustworthy, but Hafiz quoted in Tahdheeb (3/438) from Bukhari's Tarikh Saghir, where he said, "I do not know whether Salim's narration from Abu Rafi is sound or not." Hafiz then said, "Others have said that when the captives of Persia were brought to Umar, among them were the daughters of Yazdajird, and they were valued for ransom. Ali took them and gave one to Ibn Umar, who then had Salim by her."I say, if this is established, then Salim would have clearly reached the time of Abu Rafi, since the captivity of the Persians occurred at the Battle of Qadisiyyah, which took place in the year 15 AH, that is, at the beginning of Umar's caliphate. Salim's birth would then have been a year or two after that, while Abu Rafi's death occurred at the beginning of Ali's caliphate according to the sahih view, as stated in Taqrib.There is another route for it found in Bazzar (1227, in Kashf Astar), which includes Abbas bin Abu Khidash. He has an entry in Jarh wa Tadil (6/217), where neither criticism nor endorsement of him is mentioned. He narrates it from Fadl bin Ubaydullah bin Abu Rafi, from Abu Rafi, though I do not think he actually met his grandfather.