The Lizard
- philhoraia
- Nov 24, 2022
- 1 min read
It was narrated from Umm Sharik that the Prophet (ﷺ) told her to kill house lizards.
It was narrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said concerning house lizards:
“Vermin.”
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 (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) commanded that they should be killed.”
Why should a lizard be killed for what its ancestor supposedly did? Does it bear its ancestor's sin?
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“Whoever kills a house lizard with one blow will have such and such a reward. Whoever kills it with two blows will have such and such a reward,” less than the first. “And whoever kills it with three blows will have such and such reward,” less than that mentioned the second time.
For a lizard used as food, see: A Brief Look at Food
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