Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي سَائِبَةُ مَوْلَاةٌ لِلْفَاكِهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَتْ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَرَأَيْتُ فِي بَيْتِهَا رُمْحًا مَوْضُوعًا قُلْتُ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ بِهَذَا الرُّمْحِ قَالَتْ هَذَا لِهَذِهِ الْأَوْزَاغِ نَقْتُلُهُنَّ بِهِ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاة وَالسَّلَامُ حِينَ أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ دَابَّةٌ إِلَّا تُطْفِئُ النَّارَ عَنْهُ غَيْرَ الْوَزَغِ كَانَ يَنْفُخُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقَتْلِهِ.
English Translation
Affan told us: Jarir told us: Nafi' told us: Sa'ibah, a freed slave woman of al-Fakih ibn al-Mughirah, told me: I entered upon A'isha and saw a spear placed in her house. I said: "O Mother of the Believers, what do you do with this spear?" She said: "This is for these house lizards; we kill them with it, for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, told us that when Ibrahim, peace be upon him, was thrown into the fire, there was no creature on earth except that it tried to extinguish the fire from him, except the house lizard, which blew on the fire. So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded us to kill it."