Narrated Nafi: Ibn 'Umar used to kill snakes but when Abu Lubaba informed him that the Prophet had forbidden the killing of snakes living in houses, he gave up killing them.
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Hadith #530
Narrated Nafi: Ibn 'Umar used to kill snakes but when Abu Lubaba informed him that the Prophet had forbidden the killing of snakes living in houses, he gave up killing them.
This hadith is from the book of Beginning of Creation in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 530 in book 54 of volume 4.
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