Eating snake so that one will not be bitten

Praise be to Allaah.

That is not permitted. The person
who grills a snake then eats it has obeyed the Shaytaan. There is something
in it which is inherently devilish and something which is connected
to the shaytaateen (devils); it is a like riding beast for them or something
like that. Whoever mixes its flesh with his flesh [by eating it] should
be avoided because of that.