Hadith
Sunan Abi Dawud #5253
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)· كتاب الأدب
sunan_abi_dawud:5253حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ مُوسَى الطَّحَّانِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَابِطٍ، عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِنَّا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَكْنِسَ زَمْزَمَ وَإِنَّ فِيهَا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْجِنَّانِ - يَعْنِي الْحَيَّاتِ الصِّغَارَ - فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِقَتْلِهِنَّ .
Al-Abbas said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): We wish to sweep out Zamzam, but in it there are some of these Jinnan, meaning small snakes; so the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered that they should be killed.
Chain 1·4 narrators
3
عبد ا← Oldest
عبد ا
Narratorunknown
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
narrated to
2
موسى الطحان
موسى الطحان
Narratorunknown
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
1
Marwan ibn Mu'awiya
مروان بن معاوية
Tabi'ithiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
narrated to
0
Aḥmad ibn Manīʿ al-ʿAbbādī← Compiler
أحمد بن منيع
Gen 4thiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
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