What is the ruling on killing snakes, and the hadith says: (They have not made peace with us since they fought us)?
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The questioner : I asked you long ago about killing wild snakes, if there is a virtue in it or not, and you said there is no virtue. Then I came across this hadith in Sahih al-Jami'?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : It says:Sunan Abi Dawud 5250Sahih (Al-Albani).
The Shaykh : This is not a proof for you.
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : Look, "fear" is an explanatory clause that invalidates your argument.
The questioner : I am asking.
The Shaykh : I asked him, but there is something guaranteed in it.
Another questioner : The end of the hadith is.
The Shaykh : Did you think that this hadith contradicts my previous statement?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It only explains the one who refrains from killing a snake out of fear. In that case, it is prescribed to kill it. But if it is wild and you do not fear any harm from it, the answer is the same. And I do not know if this hadith is mentioned in this context or not?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In the context that they were in Mina during the Farewell Pilgrimage, and a snake came out of a cave and fled, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:. So in this context, there is a fear that if one is killed, the snakes will take revenge for the one killed. So this is the place for this hadith. But according to the question asked, every case has its own answer.
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : Since.
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : Well, there is no fighting here now for us to make peace with them.
Another questioner : Is the intended meaning that they seek us, or that we seek them?
The Shaykh : No, they. Their harm to us.
Another questioner : I mean, it is not our fear of being killed by them, but their fear of us seeking them.
The Shaykh : That they will take revenge on us.
Another questioner : My master, there was a question from the brother here.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : .
Another questioner : ... He interpreted it in this sense and said:. This means it is an indication of the obligation to kill them always.
The Shaykh : Not always, my brother. When we are exposed to their harm, when we are exposed to their harm, we do not make peace with them. Then remember, you have another detail, which is, or from your brothers the jinn, or that this is the meaning of the hadith. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned this on this occasion that if something of these jinn appears in the house of one of them, warn them three times. If they leave, it means it is from the jinn. If they do not leave, then fight them, and one should not fear them because . So this explanation is not on the absolute basis that comes to mind.
Another questioner : In a hadith in Muslim about the viper that the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sought, he said:. Did they follow it outside the house?
The Shaykh : They did not follow it.
Another questioner : If the killing were absolute, he would have asked them to search for it.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : It says:
He who leaves the snakes along through fear of their pursuit, does not belong to us
من ترك الحيات مخافة طلبهنّ فيس منّاThe Shaykh : This is not a proof for you.
The questioner :
They have not made peace with us since they fought us.
ما سالمنهنّ منذ حاربنهنّThe Shaykh : Look, "fear" is an explanatory clause that invalidates your argument.
The questioner : I am asking.
The Shaykh : I asked him, but there is something guaranteed in it.
Another questioner : The end of the hadith is
They have not made peace with us since they fought us.
ما سالمنهنّ منذ حاربنهنّThe Shaykh : Did you think that this hadith contradicts my previous statement?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It only explains the one who refrains from killing a snake out of fear. In that case, it is prescribed to kill it. But if it is wild and you do not fear any harm from it, the answer is the same. And I do not know if this hadith is mentioned in this context or not?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In the context that they were in Mina during the Farewell Pilgrimage, and a snake came out of a cave and fled, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
I have protected you from their harm, and you have protected me from their evil.
كفيتم شرها كما كفيت شركمThe questioner :
They have not made peace with us.
ما سالمنهنّThe Shaykh : Since.
The questioner :
Since they fought us.
منذ حاربنهنّThe Shaykh : Well, there is no fighting here now for us to make peace with them.
Another questioner : Is the intended meaning that they seek us, or that we seek them?
The Shaykh : No, they. Their harm to us.
Another questioner : I mean, it is not our fear of being killed by them, but their fear of us seeking them.
The Shaykh : That they will take revenge on us.
Another questioner : My master, there was a question from the brother here.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh :
They have not made peace with us since they fought us.
ما سالمنهنّ منذ حاربنهنّAnother questioner : ... He interpreted it in this sense and said:
They have not made peace with us.
ما سالمنهنّThe Shaykh : Not always, my brother. When we are exposed to their harm, when we are exposed to their harm, we do not make peace with them. Then remember, you have another detail, which is
There are jinn in Madinah.
إن بالمدينة جنّاThey have not made peace with us since they fought us.
ما سالمنهنّ منذ حاربنهنّAnother questioner : In a hadith in Muslim about the viper that the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sought, he said:
I have protected you from their harm, and you have protected me from their evil.
لقد كفيت شركم و كفيتم شرهاThe Shaykh : They did not follow it.
Another questioner : If the killing were absolute, he would have asked them to search for it.
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