(15) باب خَيْرُ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِ غَنَمٌ يَتْبَعُ بِهَا شَعَفَ الْجِبَالِ
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered that a short-tailed or mutilated-tailed snake (i.e. Abtar) should be killed, for it blinds the on-looker and causes abortion."
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 3309
In-book reference: Book 59, Hadith 117
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 4, Book 54, Hadith 528