Muslim 2240a — Who kills a gecko at the first stroke

مسلم 2240a — من قتل وزغة في أول ضربة

In the Book of Greetings, from Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him): whoever kills a gecko at the first stroke has such-and-such a reward, at the second less, at the third less still — a graduated reward for swiftness of the kill.

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«مَنْ قَتَلَ وَزَغَةً فِي أَوَّلِ ضَرْبَةٍ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً، وَمَنْ قَتَلَهَا فِي الضَّرْبَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً لِدُونِ الأُولَى، وَإِنْ قَتَلَهَا فِي الضَّرْبَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا حَسَنَةً لِدُونِ الثَّانِيَةِ»

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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· The gecko

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  • Sahih Muslim
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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.