Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) together in a cave when this verse was revealed { وَالْمُرْسَلاَتِ عُرْفًا }. As soon as this verse was revealed, we received it from the blessed chest of the Prophet (peace be upon him). Meanwhile, a snake entered the cave, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Kill it." We moved forward to kill the snake, but it ran away. Then he said, "Allah has saved it from your harm and you from its harm."

Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Kill snakes in every situation.

Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to order the killing of the six-headed serpent.

Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Keep your houses clean, do not let insects breed in them, scare them away before they scare you, because a Muslim (jinn) will not appear before you in their form.

Hazrat Abdullah says that whoever kills a snake, it is as if he has killed a disbeliever.

Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that kill all snakes except the one that is like the needle of a kohl container, because it is a jinn.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) used to kill the python and ordered it to be killed, and used to say that the python is a deformed form of the jinn, just as monkeys are deformed forms among the Children of Israel.

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them) used to order to kill and throw away snakes.

Hasan and Muhammad used to order the killing of all snakes except the snake that is like silver and the python.

Ibrahim says that the predecessors used to command the killing of all snakes except for that serpent which is like silver.