Mishkat al-Masabih #3953
Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَعَن أم شريك: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الْوَزَغِ وَقَالَ: «كَانَ يَنْفُخُ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيم»
Umm Sharik told that God’s messenger ordered geckos to be killed, saying the gecko blew on Abraham.1
1. Al-Qur’an 21:68 speaks of Abraham being put into a fire. In this tradition it is said that the gecko blew on the fire to stir it up.
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
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This hadith is #3953 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered.