Hadith 1021
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Hadith.4234 - Al-Halabi asked Abu Abdullah (as) about killing snakes.
Imam (as) said: "Kill everything you find in the wilderness except the jinn."
And he forbade killing the household spirits (ʿAwamir) and said:
"Do not leave them out of fear of their consequences, for the Jews during the time of the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family, used to say that whoever killed a household spirit would suffer such-and-such misfortune."
Then the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family, said:
"Whoever refrains from killing them out of fear of their consequences is not from me. Rather, leave them alone because they do not intend to harm you."
Imam (as) also said
"I sometimes killed them in their houses."
4234 - وَ سَأَلَ اَلْحَلَبِيُّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : عَنْ قَتْلِ اَلْحَيَّاتِ فَقَالَ "اُقْتُلْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ تَجِدُهُ فِي اَلْبَرِّيَّةِ إِلاَّ اَلْجَانَّ " وَ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ عَوَامِرِ اَلْبُيُوتِ وَ قَالَ
"لاَ تَدَعُوهُنَّ مَخَافَةَ تَبِعَاتِهِنَّ فَإِنَّ اَلْيَهُودَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَتْ مَنْ قَتَلَ عَامِرَ بَيْتٍ أَصَابَهُ كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ "مَنْ تَرَكَهُنَّ مَخَافَةَ تَبِعَاتِهِنَّ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي وَ إِنَّمَا تَتْرُكُهَا لِأَنَّهَا لاَ تُرِيدُكَ" " وَ قَالَ "رُبَّمَا قَتَلْتُهُنَّ فِي بُيُوتِهِنَّ".