Narrated Nafi: Ibn 'Umar used to kill all kinds of snakes until Abu Lubaba Al-Badri told him that the Prophet had forbidden the killing of harmless snakes living in houses and called Jinan. So Ibn 'Umar gave up killing them.
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59: Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi), Hadith #352
Narrated Nafi: Ibn 'Umar used to kill all kinds of snakes until Abu Lubaba Al-Badri told him that the Prophet had forbidden the killing of harmless snakes living in houses and called Jinan. So Ibn 'Umar gave up killing them.
This hadith is from the book of Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi) in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 352 in book 59 of volume 5.
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