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The scorpion and the five pests

العقرب والفواسق الخمس

The Prophet named five creatures vermin that may be killed in and out of the sanctuary: the mouse, the scorpion, the crow, the kite and the rabid dog, for the harm they do.

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Muwatta 1027· Muwatta 1028· Muwatta 1031

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The crow· The kite· The mouse· Muwatta, Book of Pilgrimage (hajj)· Muhammad· The dog· Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab· Aisha bint Abi Bakr

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  • Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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The crow

God sent a crow scratching the ground to show one of Adam's sons, who had killed his brother, how to hide his brother's nakedness; he cried 'Am I too weak to be like this crow?' The crow is among the vermin the Prophet permitted killing.