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4 November 2026 24 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH
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Hadith 3970
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو لَيْلَى: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
" إِذَا ظَهَرَتِ الْحَيَّةُ فِي الْمَسْكَنِ فَقُولُوا لَهَا: إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكِ بِعَهْدِ نُوحٍ وَبِعَهْدِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ أَنْ لَا تُؤْذِينَا فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فَاقْتُلُوهَا ". رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ
'Abd ar-Rahman b. Abu Laila. said that Abu Laila reported God’s messenger as saying, "When a snake appears in a dwelling say to it, ‘We ask you by the covenant made with Noah and the covenant made with Solomon son of David not to harm us.’ Then if it comes back, kill it."

Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
Mishkat al-Masabih 3970

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Hadith 3969
وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تَسُبُّوا الدِّيكَ فَإِنَّهُ يُوقِظُ للصلاةِ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
He reported God’s messenger as saying, "Do not revile a cock, for it wakens people for prayer."

Abu Dawud transmitted it.
Mishkat al-Masabih 3969 Open
Hadith 3971
وَعَن عكرمةَ عَن ابنِ عبَّاسٍ قَالَ: لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا رَفَعَ الْحَدِيثَ: أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِقَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ وَقَالَ: «مَنْ تَرَكَهُنَّ خَشْيَةَ ثَائِرٍ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا» . رَوَاهُ فِي شَرْحِ السّنة
‘Ikrima told on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas, saying he was sure that he traced it back to the Prophet, that he used to order snakes to be killed and say, "He who leaves them alone fearing that one will come to take revenge does not belong to us."

It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
Mishkat al-Masabih 3971 Open
Hadith 3968
وَعَن زيدِ بن خالدٍ قَالَ: نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ سَبِّ الدِّيكِ وَقَالَ: «إِنَّهُ يُؤَذِّنُ للصَّلاةِ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Zaid b. Khalid said that God’s messenger prohibited reviling a cock, saying that it is making the caH to prayer.

It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.