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Sunan Ibn Majah 3231 (Book 28, Hadith 32) #32585
Killing House Lizards According to Prophet Muhammad

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's command to kill house lizards, which was based on a story of Ibrahim being thrown into a fire and no beast trying to put it out except for the house lizard.

It was narrated from Sa’ibah, the freed slave woman of Fakih bin Mughirah, that she entered upon 'Aishah and saw a spear in her house. She said: "O Mother of the Believers, what do you do with this?" She said: "We kill these house lizards with it, for the Prophet of Allah told us that when Ibrahim was thrown into the fire, there was no beast on earth that did not try to put it out, apart from the house lizard that blew on it. So the Messenger of Allah commanded that they should be killed".
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ سَائِبَةَ، - مَوْلاَةِ الْفَاكِهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ - أَنَّهَا دَخَلَتْ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَرَأَتْ فِي بَيْتِهَا رُمْحًا مَوْضُوعًا فَقَالَتْ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا تَصْنَعِينَ بِهَذَا قَالَتْ نَقْتُلُ بِهِ هَذِهِ الأَوْزَاغَ فَإِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ـ ـ أَخْبَرَنَا أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لَمَّا أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِي الأَرْضِ دَابَّةٌ إِلاَّ أَطْفَأَتِ النَّارَ غَيْرَ الْوَزَغِ فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَنْفُخُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ ـ بِقَتْلِهِ

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lizards  *  fire  *  command  *  altin  *  alnar  *  ibrahim

QUICK LESSONS:
Obey God and His messenger's commands without question. Respect all creatures regardless their size or status in society. Have humility when faced with difficult situations or commands you don't understand yet still obey anyway .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about how Prophet Muhammad commanded that house lizards should be killed. It was based on a story from when Ibrahim was thrown into a fire and no beast tried to put it out except for the house lizard that blew on it. This shows us that even though we may not understand why something is commanded by God or His messenger, we should still obey them as they know better than us. We can also learn from this hadith that even small creatures can have an impact in big events and situations, so we should never underestimate anyone or anything regardless of their size or status in society.

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