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Five are the (beasts) which if one kills them in the precincts of the Ka’ba or in the state of lhram entail no sin: rat, scorpion, crow, kite and voracious dog. In another version the words are:” as a Muhrim and in the state of lhram”.

There are five beasts, all of them are vicious and harmful and there is no sin for one who kills them (and these are): scorpion, crow, kite, rat and voracious dog.

A person asked Ibn Umar which beast a Muhrim could kill. Thereupon he said: One of the wives of Allah’s Apostle (ﷺ) told me: He (the Holy Prophet) commanded to kill rat, scorpion, kite, voracious dog and crow.

A person asked Ibn ‘Umar which beast a Muhrim could kill, whereupon he said: One of the wives of Allahs Apostle (ﷺ) told me: He (the Holy Prophet) commanded to kill voracious dog, rat, scorpion, kite, crow, and snake (and this is allowed) likewise in prayer.

Five are the beasts for killing which there is no sin for the Muhrim: crows, kites, scorpions, rats and wild dogs.

Five are the vicious and harmful things which should be killed even within the precincts of Haram: rat, scorpion, crow. kite and voracious dog.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded to kill five harmful things in the state of lhram or otherwise. The rest of the hadith is the same.

Five are the beasts 1618 harmful and vicious and these must be killed even within the precincts of the Ka’ba: crow, kite, voracio@s dog, kcorpion and rat.

Five are the vicious beasts which should be killed even in the state of Ihram: scorpion, rat, kite, crow and voracious dog.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters.