Volume 4, Book 55, Number 558:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet said, “I have been made victorious with As-Saba (i.e. an easterly wind) and the people
of ‘Ad were destroyed by Ad-Dabur (i.e. a westerly wind).” Narrated Abu Said: Ali sent a piece of gold
to the Prophet who distributed it among four persons: Al-Aqra’ bin Habis Al-Hanzali from the tribe
of Mujashi, ‘Uyaina bin Badr Al-Fazari, Zaid At-Ta’i who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani Nahban, and
‘Alqama bin Ulatha Al-‘Amir who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani Kilab. So the Quraish and the Ansar
became angry and said, “He (i.e. the Prophet, ) gives the chief of Najd and does not give us.” The
Prophet said, “I give them) so as to attract their hearts (to Islam).” Then a man with sunken eyes,
prominent checks, a raised forehead, a thick beard and a shaven head, came (in front of the
Prophet ) and said, “Be afraid of Allah, O Muhammad!” The Prophet ‘ said “Who would obey Allah if I
disobeyed Him? (Is it fair that) Allah has trusted all the people of the earth to me while, you do not
trust me?” Somebody who, I think was Khalid bin Al-Walid, requested the Prophet to let him chop
that man’s head off, but he prevented him. When the man left, the Prophet said, “Among the off-
spring of this man will be some who will recite the Qur’an but the Qur’an will not reach beyond
their throats (i.e. they will recite like parrots and will not understand it nor act on it), and they will
renegade from the religion as an arrow goes through the game’s body. They will kill the Muslims but
will not disturb the idolaters. If I should live up to their time’ I will kill them as the people of ‘Ad
were killed (i.e. I will kill all of them).”
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 527:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet said, “Kill the snake with two white lines on its back, for it blinds the on-looker and
causes abortion.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 543:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Allah created Adam, making him 60 cubits tall. When He created him, He said
to him, “Go and greet that group of angels, and listen to their reply, for it will be your greeting (sa –
lutation) and the greeting (salutations of your offspring.” So, Adam said (to the angels), As-Salamu
Alaikum (i.e. Peace be upon you). The angels said, “As-salamu Alaika wa Rahmatu-l-lahi” (i.e. Peace
and Allah’s Mercy be upon you). Thus the angels added to Adam’s salutation the expression, ‘Wa
Rahmatu-l-lahi,’ Any person who will enter Paradise will resemble Adam (in appearance and
figure). People have been decreasing in stature since Adam’s creation.
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 528:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet ordered that a short-tailed or mutilated-tailed snake (i.e. Abtar) should be killed, for
it blinds the on-looker and causes abortion.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 544:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “The first group of people who will enter Paradise, will be glittering like the
full moon and those who will follow them, will glitter like the most brilliant star in the sky. They will
not urinate, relieve nature, spit, or have any nasal secretions. Their combs will be of gold, and their
sweat will smell like musk. The aloes-wood will be used in their centers. Their wives will be houris.
All of them will look alike and will resemble their father Adam (in statute), sixty cubits tall.”
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 529:
Narrated Abu Mulaika:
Ibn Umar used to kill snakes, but afterwards he forbade their killing and said, “Once the Prophet
pulled down a wall and saw a cast-off skin of a snake in it. He said, ‘Look for the snake. ‘They found
it and the Prophet said, “Kill it.” For this reason I used to kill snakes. Later on I met Abu Lubaba who
told me the Prophet said, ‘Do not kill snakes except the short-tailed or mutilated-tailed snake with
two white lines on its back, for it causes abortion and makes one blind. So kill it.’ “
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 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.
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 531:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
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The Prophet said, “Five kinds of animals are mischief-doers and can be killed even in the Sanctu –
ary: They are the rat the scorpion, the kite, the crow and the rabid dog.”