It is related from ʿAbduʾr-Raḥmán bin abú Lailah, that Abú Lailah said, 'The Apostle of God said, "When a snake appears in a dwelling, then say to it, 'Verily we entreat thee by the covenant of Noah and by the covenant of Solomon, son of David, that thou molest us not.' Then if it returns, kill it."'—At Tirmidhí, Abú Dáud.
It is related from Abú Thʿalabahuʾl-Khushámi that, 'The Prophet said, "The genii are of three kinds: one kind has wings and flies in the heavens; one kind is composed of snakes and dogs; and one kind stays in places and goes on journeys."'—Sharḥu's-Sunnah.
Concerning the Ceremony called ʿAqiqah
It is related from Salmán bin ʿAmiruʾl-Ḍabbi that he said, 'I heard the Apostle of God say, "With the birth of a boy ʿaqíqah must be observed. Then shed blood on his behalf, and remove evil from him."'—Al Bukhárí.
It is related from Umm Kurz that she said, 'I heard the Apostle of God say, "Leave birds alone in their places." She said, "And I heard him say, 'For a boy two sheep, and for a girl one sheep; and it will not matter whether it be a male or a female.'"'—Abú Dáud, At Tirmidhí, An Nasái.
It is related from Muḥammad bin ʿAlí bin Ḥusain from ʿAlí bin abú Ṭálib that he said, 'The Apostle of God performed the ʿaqíqah ceremony on behalf of Ḥasan with one sheep and said, "O Fáṭimah, shave his head, and give in alms silver equal to the weight of his hair." Then we weighed it; and its weight was one dirham or part of a dirham.'—At Tirmidhí.
It is related from Buraidah that he said, 'In the time of ignorance when a son was born to any one of us, we used to sacrifice a sheep, and sprinkle his head with its blood. And when Islám came, we used to sacrifice a sheep on the seventh day, and shave his head and sprinkle it with saffron.'—Abú Dáud. And Razín has added the words, 'And we used to name him.'
