Ibn Umar reported: I heard Allahs Messenger ﷺ commanding the killing of dogs and the killing of the striped and the short-tailed snakes, for both of them affect the eyesight adversely and cause miscarriage. Zuhri said: We thought of their poison (the pernicious effects of these two). Allah, however, knows best. Abdullah bin Umar said: I did not spare any snake. I rather killed everyone that I saw. One day as I was pursuing a snake from amongst the snakes of the house, Zaid bin Khattab or Abu Lubaba happened to pass by me and found me pursuing it. He said: Abdullah, wait. I said: Allahs Messenger ﷺ commanded (us) to kill them, whereupon he said that Allahs Messenger ﷺ forbade the killing of the snakes of the houses.