At a glance
«مَنْ قَتَلَ وَزَغَةً فِي أَوَّلِ ضَرْبَةٍ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً، وَمَنْ قَتَلَهَا فِي الضَّرْبَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً أَدْنَى مِنَ الأُولِ، وَمَنْ قَتَلَهَا فِي الضَّرْبَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً أَدْنَى مِنَ الثَّانِيَةِ»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Connections
- Mentions
- The gecko
People and things also explored
Abu Dawud 5264 — At the first stroke, seventy good deeds· Muslim 2240a — Who kills a gecko at the first stroke· The gecko
Sources
- Sunan Abi Dawud
- hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Dawud 5263 — Who kills a gecko at the first stroke”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/abudawud-5263/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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