وَعَن العبَّاسِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَكْنُسَ زَمْزَمَ وَإِنَّ فِيهَا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْجِنَّانِ يَعْنِي الْحَيَّاتِ الصِّغَارِ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقَتْلِهِنَّ
“Messenger of God, we wish to sweep out Zamzam, but in it there are some of these jinnan,” meaning small snakes; so God’s messenger ordered that they should be killed.
Mishkat al-Masabih 3975, Book 21, Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered, Hadith 76. 1 min read