Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a donkey that had been branded on its face, so he disapproved of this. He said: "By Allah, I will brand it on the part of its body that is farthest from its face." Then the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered regarding that donkey, so it was branded on its thighs. This was the first animal to be branded on its thighs.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narrates: A donkey passed by the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) whose face had been branded and blood was flowing from its nostrils. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: May Allah curse the person who did this. Then the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) forbade branding on the face and hitting on the face.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a donkey that had been branded on its face, so he said: "Did I not forbid this? May Allah curse the one who did this."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a donkey that had been branded on its face, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: May Allah curse the one who branded it.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I brought my younger brother to the service of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) so that you could perform tahneek for him. I found the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in the garden; you were branding the goats.

The narrator named Shu’bah says: I am fairly certain that the narration also contains these words: You were branding their ears.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever kills a snake will receive seven good deeds, and whoever kills a lizard will receive one good deed."

A woman named Saibah narrates: She went to the service of Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), and she saw a spear placed in the house of Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). She inquired: O Mother of the Believers, what do you do with this? Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) replied: We use it to kill lizards, because the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) told us this: When Sayyiduna Ibrahim (may Allah be pleased with him) was thrown into the fire, every animal on the face of the earth tried to extinguish that fire except the lizard; it was blowing on it (so that the fire would flare up more). So the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered it to be killed.

Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) ordered that five harmful animals be killed in both the sacred and non-sacred areas: the kite, the crow, the rat, the scorpion, and the rabid dog.

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Five (types of animals) are wicked and may be killed in both the sacred and non-sacred areas: the scorpion, the kite, the crow, the rat, and the rabid dog."

(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The concise narration is that narration which a companion transmits from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) as reported by a just person in those words from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it should be acted upon at all times. The detailed narration is that which he transmits exactly from the companion regarding his person, which is transmitted with additional words from another source; acting upon this addition is necessary when a trustworthy narrator is unique in transmitting it. This will be according to the method which we have mentioned at the end of the book.

Sayyida Umm Sharik, who belonged to the tribe of Banu Amir, narrates: She asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) about killing a lizard, so the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) ordered it to be killed.