221 hadith
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever kills a gecko with the first strike has such-and-such good deeds. Whoever kills it on the second strike has such-and-such good deeds, less than the first. And whoever kills it on the third strike has…
ابن ماجه 3229SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ called the gecko a "little noxious creature," but I did not hear him order that it be killed.
أحمد 24568SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever kills a gecko with the first blow earns such-and-such number of good deeds. Whoever kills it with the second blow earns such-and-such number of good deeds. Whoever kills it with the third blow earns…
الترمذي 1482SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever kills a gecko with the first strike will receive such and such reward of good deeds. Whoever kills it on the second strike will receive such and such reward, less than the first. And if he kills it on…
الأعظمي 14830SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever kills a snake earns seven good deeds, whoever kills a gecko earns one good deed, and whoever leaves a snake alive out of fear of its consequences is not one of us."
أحمد 3984DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever kills a gecko with the first strike receives such and such reward of good deeds. Whoever kills it on the second strike receives such and such good deeds, less than the first. And whoever kills it on…
أبو داود 5263SahihI entered upon Ayesha and saw a spear placed in her house. I said, "Mother of the Believers, what do you do with this spear?" She replied, "This is for these geckos. We kill them with it, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told us that when…
أحمد 24534SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ called the gecko "the little corrupt one." Harmala added in his version that she said, "But I did not hear him order that it be killed."
مسلم 5845SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever kills a gecko with the first blow earns such and such good deeds, whoever kills it with the second blow earns such and such good deeds, less than the first, and whoever kills it with the third blow…
مسلم 5846SahihHis father reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered the killing of the gecko and called it a little corrupt creature.
أبو داود 5262SahihThe Messenger of Allah said, "Whoever kills a gecko on the first strike receives such and such reward of good deeds. Whoever kills it on the second strike receives such and such reward. And whoever kills it on the third strike receives such…
أحمد 8659SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The gecko is a noxious little creature."
أحمد 26382SahihThe Prophet ﷺ commanded her to kill geckos. In another narration it adds that he said, "It used to blow on Ibrahim [[r0]]."
الأعظمي 14829SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered the killing of the gecko and called it a little corrupt creature.
أحمد 1523SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Kill the gecko, for it used to blow on the fire that was burning Ibrahim [[r0]]." The narrator said that Ayesha used to kill them.
أحمد 25643SahihThe Prophet ﷺ ordered the killing of the gecko and called it a little corrupter.
مسلم 5844DifficultThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to kill geckos.
النسائي 2888SahihThe Prophet ﷺ commanded the killing of geckos.
أحمد 27619SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered the killing of the gecko and said, "It used to blow on the fire that was set for Ibrahim [[r0]]."
الأعظمي 8371SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The frog used to put out the fire from Ibrahim, while the gecko used to blow on it. So he forbade killing the former and commanded killing the latter."
الأعظمي 8372SahihThe Prophet ﷺ called the gecko "the little corrupt one," but I did not hear him order that it be killed. Saad bin Abu Waqqas, however, stated that the Prophet ﷺ did order it to be killed.
الأعظمي 14827SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered the killing of geckos and said, "It used to blow on Ibrahim [[r0]]."
الأعظمي 12756SahihThe Prophet ﷺ ordered the killing of the gecko and called it a little troublemaker.
الأعظمي 14828SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered the killing of geckos and said that one had blown on the fire kindled against Ibrahim [[r0]].
البخاري 3359SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The frog used to put out the fire from Ibrahim, while the gecko used to blow on it." So he forbade killing the former and commanded killing the latter.
الأعظمي 12757SahihA narration from the Prophet ﷺ with the same meaning as the hadith of Khalid from Suhayl, except for the report of Jareer alone, which states, "Whoever kills a gecko with the first strike has a hundred good deeds recorded for him, with the…
مسلم 5847SahihAishah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called the gecko "a little corrupt creature." She added, "But I did not hear him command that it be killed."
أحمد 26332SahihThe Prophet ﷺ ordered her to kill geckos. In the version of Ibn Abu Shayba, he gave the order.
مسلم 5842SahihA woman came in to visit Ayesha and noticed a spear set up in the room. She asked, "What is this spear for?" Ayesha replied, "We use it to kill geckos." Then she narrated from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that when Ibrahim was cast into the…
أحمد 25827SahihShe entered upon Ayesha and saw a spear placed in her house. She asked, "Umm Muiminin, what do you do with this?" Ayesha replied, "We use it to kill these geckos, for the Prophet of Allah ﷺ told us that when Ibrahim was cast into the fire,…
ابن ماجه 3231HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The gecko is a noxious little creature."
النسائي 2889SahihThe Prophet ﷺ commanded her to kill geckos.
ابن ماجه 3228SahihAbu Lubabah spoke with Ibn Umar, asking him to open a door in his house that would give him a shorter route to the mosque. The servants then found the shed skin of a snake, and Abdullah said, "Search for it and kill it." Abu Lubabah said,…
مسلم 5828SahihThe Prophet ﷺ called the gecko a "noxious little creature," but I did not hear him command that it be killed. Saad bin Abu Waqqas, however, maintained that the Prophet ﷺ did order it to be killed.
البخاري 3306Sahih"What is this for?" She replied, "This is for the geckos, because the Prophet of Allah ﷺ told us that nothing failed to try to extinguish the fire upon Ibrahim [[r0]] except for this creature, so he ordered us to kill it. He forbade the…
النسائي 2834HasanShe went in to see Ayesha and noticed a spear set down in her house, so she asked, "Umm Muiminin, what do you do with this spear?" Ayesha replied, "We kill geckos with it, for the Prophet of Allah ﷺ told us that when Ibrahim [[r0]] was cast…
أحمد 24780DifficultShe informed him that the Prophet ﷺ ordered her to kill geckos.
البخاري 3307SahihIbn Umar used to order that all snakes be killed, sparing none of them, until Abu Lubaba Badri bin Abdul-Munzir told him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had forbidden killing the snakes that dwell in houses.
أحمد 15547SahihNafi reported that Abu Lubabah spoke to Ibn Umar about opening a door in his house that would give him a shorter way to the masjid. The boys found the shed skin of a snake, and Abdullah said, "Search for it and kill it." Abu Lubabah said,…
مسلم 5834SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ called the gecko a vile little creature, but I did not hear him command that it be killed. Abu Abdullah said, "What we intended by this is that Mina is part of the sacred precinct, and they saw no harm in killing a…
البخاري 1831SahihThe Prophet ﷺ forbade killing the snakes that dwell in houses, so he refrained from killing them.
البخاري 4017SahihWe were sitting in the Mosque of Khayf on the night before the Day of Arafah when we heard the rustling of a snake. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Kill it!" We got up, but it slipped into a crack in a hole. A palm branch was brought and…
أحمد 3649SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say from the pulpit, "Kill snakes, and kill the two-striped snake and the short-tailed one, for they cause blindness and miscarriage." After that, I would not see a snake without killing it. One day Abu…
أحمد 15749SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that snakes be killed, and he said, "Whoever fears their revenge is not one of us."
النسائي 3195DaifI do not know it except that he raised the hadith. He said, the Prophet ﷺ used to command the killing of snakes and would say, "Whoever leaves them out of fear or apprehension of revenge is not one of us." He said, and Ibn Abbas said, "The…
أحمد 3254SahihWe were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the night of Arafah, the one before the Day of Arafah, when suddenly there was the sound of a snake. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Kill it." It slipped into the crevice of a hole, so we inserted a…
النسائي 2887SahihHe opened a door and a snake came out of it. He ordered that it be killed, but Abu Lubabah said to him, "Do not do that, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade killing the snakes that live in houses."
أحمد 15752SahihThe Prophet ﷺ forbade killing the snakes that dwell in houses, so he refrained from killing them.
البخاري 3313SahihHe said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "We want to clean out Zamzam, but there are some of these jinnan in it," meaning small snakes. So the Prophet ﷺ ordered that they be killed.
أبو داود 5251DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade killing the snakes that live in houses.
مالك 1886SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that a snake be killed at Mina.
أحمد 3990SahihHis father reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the snakes found in houses. He said, "If you see any of them in your dwellings, say, 'I adjure you by the covenant that Nuh took from you, and I adjure you by the covenant…
أبو داود 5260DaifIbn Umar [[r3]] used to kill all snakes.
البخاري 4016SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade killing house snakes.
مسلم 5830SahihWe were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a cave when *"By those sent forth in succession"* [Mursalat 77:1] was revealed to him. We began to learn it directly from him when a snake came out from the side of the cave. He said, "Kill it." We…
أحمد 4063SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever leaves snakes alone out of fear of pursuing them is not one of us. We have not made peace with them since we declared war against them."
أبو داود 5250DaifHe informed me that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not kill house snakes except for every short-tailed one and the one with two white stripes on its back, for these cause miscarriage and blindness, so kill them."
البخاري 3311SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever leaves snakes alone out of fear of pursuing them is not one of us. We have not made peace with them since we declared war on them."
الأعظمي 14859SahihUmm Sharik asked the Prophet ﷺ for permission about killing geckos, and he ordered that they be killed. Umm Sharik was one of the women of Banu Amir bin Luayy. The wording of the hadith of Ibn Abu Khalaf and Abd bin Humayd is identical, and…
مسلم 5843SahihWhile Ibn Masud was delivering a sermon one day, a snake passed by, crawling along the wall. He broke off his sermon, struck it with his stick until he killed it, then said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever kills a snake, it…
أحمد 3996Daif