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The gecko

الوزغة

'Whoever kills a gecko at the first stroke has such-and-such a reward' — seventy good deeds in one report — the fuwaysiqa whose killing was ordered, the reward graded by the swiftness of the stroke.

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Abu Dawud 5263 — Who kills a gecko at the first stroke· Abu Dawud 5264 — At the first stroke, seventy good deeds· Muslim 2240a — Who kills a gecko at the first stroke

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Abu Dawud 5263 — Who kills a gecko at the first stroke· Abu Dawud 5264 — At the first stroke, seventy good deeds· Muslim 2240a — Who kills a gecko at the first stroke· The birds of the elephant· Anam (livestock: camels, cattle and sheep, and their rulings)· The ant· The apes· Awqas (the gaps between the prescribed amounts of zakat on camels, cattle and sheep, and whether zakat is due on them)

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  • Sahih Muslim
  • Sunan Abi Dawud
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islam.museum contributors. “The gecko”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/gecko/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.

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Abu Dawud 5263 — Who kills a gecko at the first stroke

In the Book of General Behaviour, from Abu Hurayra in Muslim's wording: a graduated reward for killing the gecko at the first, then the second, then the third stroke.