The One Praying Encounters Predatory Animals and Harmful Creatures and He Kills Them
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 53
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Book 1, Chapter 53
The One Praying Encounters Predatory Animals and Harmful Creatures and He Kills Them
وَ رَوَى حَرِيزٌ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «إِذَا كُنْتَ فِي صَلاَةِ اَلْفَرِيضَةِ فَرَأَيْتَ غُلاَماً لَكَ قَدْ أَبَقَ أَوْ غَرِيماً لَكَ عَلَيْهِ مَالٌ أَوْ حَيَّةً تَتَخَوَّفُهَا عَلَى نَفْسِكَ فَاقْطَعِ اَلصَّلاَةَ وَ اِتْبَعْ غُلاَمَكَ أَوْ غَرِيمَكَ وَ اُقْتُلِ اَلْحَيَّةَ.
Hariz narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام who said: "If you are in the obligatory prayer and you see one of your servants who has run away, or a debtor to whom you owe money, or a snake that you fear for your life, then break your prayer, follow your servant or debtor, and kill the snake."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh