Hadith 28-14

حَدَّثَنا أَبي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّه، عَن أَحْمَدِ بْنِ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّه البَرْقِي، عَن‏مُحَمَّد القاسانِي عَنْ أَبي أَيُّوب المديني، عَن سُلَيْمان بْنِ جَعْفَر الجَعْفَرِيِّ عَنِ الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن آبائِهِ، عَن عَلِيِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ نَهَى، عَن قَتْلِ خَمْسَةٍ الصُّرَدِ وَالصُّوَّامِ وَالْهُدْهُدِ وَالنَّحْلَةِ وَالَّنمْلَةِ وَالضِّفْدِعِ وَأَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ خَمْسَةٍ الْغُرَابِ وَالْحِدَأَةِ وَالْحَيَّةِ وَالْعَقْرَبِ وَالْكَلْبِ الْعَقُورِ. قالَ مُصَنِّفُ هذا الْكِتاب: هذا أَمْر إِطلاق وَرُخصَة لا أَمْرَ وُجُوبَ وَفَرَضَ.

(The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Abi Abdillah al-Barqi, on the authority of Ali ibn Muhammad al-Qasani, on the authority of Abi Ayyoub al-Madini, on the authority of Soleiman ibn Ja’far al-Ja’fari, on the authority of Al-Ridha’ (a.s.), on the authority of his forefathers (a.s.), on the authority of Ali (a.s.) that God’s Prophet (S) admonished against killing the following five: shrikes [3] , hoopoes, bees, ants, and frogs, and ordered people to kill the following five: crows, kites [4] , snakes, scorpions, and mordacious [5] dogs. The author of this book (a.s.heikh Sadooq) said, “This is a form of permission and not an obligation.”