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What is the ruling on eating a snake to avoid being bitten by it?

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It is not permissible to eat a snake after grilling it, because that is obedience to Satan, and because it may be one of his creatures or similar. And whoever's flesh mixes with its flesh, the devils may desist from him for this reason.

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