Muwatta Malik #1921
General Subjects
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ سَائِبَةَ، مَوْلاَةٍ لِعَائِشَةَ . أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ الَّتِي فِي الْبُيُوتِ إِلاَّ ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَخْطِفَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَطْرَحَانِ مَا فِي بُطُونِ النِّسَاءِ .
Malik related to me from Nafi from Sa'iba, the female mawla of
A'isha, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, forbade killing the snakes which were in the houses except
those with two white stripes on their back and the short ones. They
made one go blind and caused miscarriages in women.
About Muwatta Malik
This hadith is #1921 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of General Subjects.