Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Things, Which Can Be Killed, and the Obligatory Expiation for It 5ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠ُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ ٠ٍ قَتَلَ زُنْبُوراً قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ خَطَأً فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ قُلْتُ لا بَلْ ٠ِّداً قَالَ يُطْعِ٠ٍ قُلْتُ إِنَّهُ أَرَادَنِي قَالَ كُلُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ أَرَادَكَ فَاقْتُلْهُ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘If it is by mistake then there is nothing on him.’ I said, ‘No, it is done knowingly.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Feed a certain amount of food.’ I then asked, ‘Is it so even if it attacks me?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Anything that attacks, it is permissible for you to kill it.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/327))