Mishkat al-Masabih #3951
Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered
Ibn ‘Umar told of hearing the Prophet say, "Kill snakes, kill those which have two streaks and those with small tails, for they obliterate the eyesight and cause miscarriage." ‘Abdallah said that while he was chasing a snake and trying to kill it Abu Lubaba called to him not to kill it, but he replied that God's messenger had given command that snakes should be killed. He then said that he had later prohibited killing house-snakes, for they are resident jinn.
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
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This hadith is #3951 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered. Mishkat al-Masabih contains 4,428 hadiths across 25 books.