Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ ضَمْضَمِ بْنِ جَوْسٍ الْهِفَّانِيِّ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقَتْلِ الْأَسْوَدَيْنِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ الْعَقْرَبِ وَالْحَيَّةِ.
English Translation
Waki' told us, who said: Ali ibn al-Mubarak and Isma'il told us — Isma'il said: Ali ibn al-Mubarak informed me — from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Damdam ibn Jaws al-Hiffani, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to kill the two black ones during prayer: the scorpion and the snake."