Salim bin Abdullah narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Kill snakes, especially those with two stripes and those with cut tails, for they cause blindness and miscarriages."

Ibn Wahb says: With another chain, the same hadith is narrated from Salim from his father from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), but with these words: "Whoever finds a snake with two stripes or a cut tail and does not kill it, is not from among us."