2886 - Wahb ibn Bayan informed us, saying: Ibn Wahb narrated to us, saying: Malik and Yunus informed me, from Ibn Shihab, from 'Urwah, from 'A'ishah, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The gecko is the little wicked one."(1) (2)

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= It was previously cited under number (2831) via the chain of Qatadah from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab, that a woman entered upon 'A'ishah carrying a staff, and she said: "What is this?" She replied: "For this gecko..." and in it is the prohibition against killing snakes except the one with two white stripes and the short-tailed one.

(1) In the margin of (K): al-fuwaysiqah. (variant copy).
(2) Its chain is authentic. Ibn Wahb: he is 'Abdullah al-Misri, and Yunus: he is Ibn Yazid al-Ayli, and Ibn Shihab: he is Muhammad ibn Muslim al-Zuhri, and 'Urwah: he is Ibn al-Zubayr. It is in "al-Kubra" (3855).

It was also recorded by al-Bukhari (3306) from Sa'id ibn 'Ufayr, and Muslim (2239), and Ibn Majah (3230), and Ibn Hibban (3963) and (5636) via the chain of Abu al-Tahir ibn al-Sarh, both from Ibn Wahb, with this chain. Ibn Hibban said: This is rare. End quote. The mention of Malik is not found in al-Bukhari, Muslim, and Ibn Majah, and in their versions there is the addition: "And I did not hear him command to kill it," and al-Bukhari also added: "And Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas claimed that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded to kill it."

It was also recorded by Ahmad (26382) from 'Amir ibn Salih, from Yunus alone, with it.

It was also recorded by al-Bukhari (1831) from Isma'il ibn Abi Uways, from Malik alone, with it, and in it is the addition of 'A'ishah's statement: "And I did not hear him command to kill it."

It was also recorded by Ahmad (24568), (25215), and (26332) via multiple chains, from al-Zuhri, with it, and in his version is the aforementioned statement of 'A'ishah.

The hadith of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas regarding the command to kill the gecko was recorded by Ahmad (1523), Muslim (2238), Abu Dawud (5262), and Ibn Hibban (5635).

Ibn 'Abd al-Barr said in "al-Tamhid" 15/187: The statement of the one who said "I did not hear the command to kill the gecko" is not a testimony, and the saying is that of the one who testified that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded to kill the gecko.

Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said in "al-Fath" 6/354 regarding his statement: "And Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas claimed that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded to kill it"; he said: The one who said that could be 'Urwah, in which case it is connected, for he heard from Sa'd; or it could be 'A'ishah, in which case it is the narration of one companion from his fellow companion; or it could be the statement of al-Zuhri, in which case it is disconnected, and this last possibility is the most likely... And the rest of his words may be consulted. =