While we were in the company of the Prophet ﷺ in a cave at Mina, when Surat-wal-Mursalat were revealed and he recited it and I heard it (directly) from his mouth as soon as he recited its revelation. Suddenly a snake sprang at us and the Prophet ﷺ said (ordered us): "Kill it." We ran to kill it but it escaped quickly. The Prophet ﷺ said, "It has escaped your evil and you too have escaped its evil."

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ بِمِنًى إِذْ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ {وَالْمُرْسَلاَتِ} وَإِنَّهُ لَيَتْلُوهَا وَإِنِّي لأَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ وَإِنَّ فَاهُ لَرَطْبٌ بِهَا إِذْ وَثَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اقْتُلُوهَا فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا فَذَهَبَتْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا

Once we were in the company of Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a cave. Surat-al-Mursalat (77) was revealed there, and we were learning it from Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Suddenly a snake came out of its hole and we rushed towards it to kill it, but it hastened and entered its hole before we were able to catch it. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said," It has been saved from your evil and you have been saved from its evil."

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ فَنَزَلَتْ {وَالْمُرْسَلاَتِ عُرْفًا} فَإِنَّا لَنَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ إِذْ خَرَجَتْ حَيَّةٌ مِنْ جُحْرِهَا فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا لِنَقْتُلَهَا فَسَبَقَتْنَا فَدَخَلَتْ جُحْرَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا وَعَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ وَإِنَّا لَنَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ رَطْبَةً وَتَابَعَهُ أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ وَقَالَ حَفْصٌ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ قَرْمٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

We were with the Prophet ﷺ when Surat Wal-Mursalat was revealed to him. While we were receiving it from his mouth, a snake suddenly came and we ran to kill it, but it outstripped us and entered its hole quickly. Allah's le said, "It has escaped your evil, and you too, have escaped its evil."

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَالْمُرْسَلاَتِ وَإِنَّا لَنَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ فَخَرَجَتْ حَيَّةٌ فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا فَسَبَقَتْنَا فَدَخَلَتْ جُحْرَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا

While we were with Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a cave, Surat "Wal Mursalat" was revealed to him and we received it directly from his mouth as soon as he had received the revelation. Suddenly a snake came out and Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Get at it and kill it!" We ran to kill it but it outstripped us. Allah's Apostle said, "It has escaped your evil, as you too, have escaped its."

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ إِذْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَالْمُرْسَلاَتِ فَتَلَقَّيْنَاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ وَإِنَّ فَاهُ لَرَطْبٌ بِهَا إِذْ خَرَجَتْ حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَيْكُمُ اقْتُلُوهَا قَالَ فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا فَسَبَقَتْنَا قَالَ فَقَالَ وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا

We were with Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a cave when there was revealed to him (the Sura al-Mursalat, i. e. Sura lxxvii.:" By those sent forth to spread goodness" ) and we had just heard (it) from his lips that there appeared before us a snake. He said: Kill it. We hastened to kill it, but it slipped away from us, thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah saved it from your harm just as he saved you from its evil.

كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ وَقَدْ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ { وَالْمُرْسَلاَتِ عُرْفًا} فَنَحْنُ نَأْخُذُهَا مِنْ فِيهِ رَطْبَةً إِذْ خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ اقْتُلُوهَا فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا لِنَقْتُلَهَا فَسَبَقَتْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَاهَا اللَّهُ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وَقَاكُمْ شَرَّهَا

[AI] We were with the Prophet ﷺ in a cave when the messengers of Allah came down to him with knowledge. I took hold of it from him and his mouth was still moist with it. I am not sure which of these verses he sealed with: "So which Hadith after it will they believe?" (Quran 77:50) or "And when it is said to them, 'Bow down [in prayer],' they do not bow down." (Quran 77:48) A serpent preceded us and entered a hole. The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have been saved from its evil, and it has been saved from your evil."

كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ فَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا فَأَخَذْتُهَا مِنْ فِيهِ وَإِنَّ فَاهُ لَرَطْبٌ بِهَا فَلَا أَدْرِي بِأَيِّهَا خَتَمَ {فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ} [المرسلات 50] [أَوْ] {وَإِذَا قِيلَلَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لَا يَرْكَعُونَ} [المرسلات 48] ؟ سَبَقَتْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَدَخَلَتْ فِي جُحْرٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَدْ وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا وَوُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ

[AI] "We were with the messenger of Allah ﷺ in a cave when the Surah Al-Mursalat (The Sending Forth) was revealed to him. He said, 'Indeed, we receive it from where it came.' Then, a snake came out of its hole, and we tried to catch it, but it was faster than us and went back into its hole. He said, 'You were saved from its evil, and it was saved from your harm.'"

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ فَنَزَلَتْ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا قَالَ فَإِنَّا نَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ فَخَرَجَتْ حَيَّةٌ مِنْ جُحْرِهَا فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا فَسَبَقَتْنَا فَدَخَلَتْ جُحْرَهَا فَقَالَ وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ وَوُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا

[AI] "We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a cave when the Surahs were revealed to him and the messengers were recognized. So we would receive them from him. Then a snake came out from the side of the cave, so he commanded us to kill it. We rushed towards it, but it preceded us, and he said, 'It is protected from your harm just as you are protected from its harm.'"

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ فَأُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا فَجَعَلْنَا نَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْهُ فَخَرَجَتْ حَيَّةٌ مِنْ جَانِبِ الْغَارِ فَقَالَ اقْتُلُوهَا فَتَبَادَرْنَاهَا فَسَبَقَتْنَا فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا

We were with Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a cave when there was revealed to him (the Sura al-Mursalat, i. e. Sura lxxvii.:" By those sent forth to spread goodness" ) and we had just heard (it) from his lips that there appeared before us a snake. He said: Kill it. We hastened to kill it, but it slipped away from us, thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah saved it from your harm just as he saved you from its evil. (Using translation from Muslim 2234a)

كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ وَقَدْ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا قَالَ فَنَحْنُ نَأْخُذُهَا مِنْ فِيهِ رَطْبَةً إِذْ خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ اقْتُلُوهَا فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا لِنَقْتُلَهَا فَسَبَقَتْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَاهَا اللهُ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وَقَاكُمْ شَرَّهَا

We were with Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a cave when there was revealed to him (the Sura al-Mursalat, i. e. Sura lxxvii.:" By those sent forth to spread goodness" ) and we had just heard (it) from his lips that there appeared before us a snake. He said: Kill it. We hastened to kill it, but it slipped away from us, thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah saved it from your harm just as he saved you from its evil. (Using translation from Muslim 2234a)

كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ وَقَدْ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا قَالَ فَنَحْنُ نَأْخُذُهَا مِنْ فِيهِ رَطْبَةً إِذْ خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ اقْتُلُوهَا قَالَ فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا لِنَقْتُلَهَا فَسَبَقَتْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَاهَا اللهُ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وَقَاكُمْ شَرَّهَا

[AI] "We were with the Prophet ﷺ in a cave when {By those [winds] sent forth in gusts} descended upon him. So I took hold of it from within the garment, and surely his mouth was moistened with it. I do not know which of those Surahs was the last revealed, {So in what statement after this will they believe?} or {When they are told, 'Bow down,' they do not bow down.} A serpent preceded us and entered a hole. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'You were protected from its evil just as you were from your own evil.'"

كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ فَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ {وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا} فَأَخَذْتُهَا مِنْ فِيهِ وَإِنَّ فَاهُ رَطْبٌ بِهَا فَمَا أَدْرِي بِأَيِّهَا خَتَمَ {فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ} أَوْ {إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لَا يَرْكَعُونَ} فَسَبَقَتْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَدَخَلَتْ فِي جُحْرٍ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا كَمَا وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ»

While we were in the company of the Prophet ﷺ in a cave at Mina, when Surat-wal-Mursalat were revealed and he recited it and I heard it (directly) from his mouth as soon as he recited its revelation. Suddenly a snake sprang at us and the Prophet ﷺ said (ordered us): "Kill it." We ran to kill it but it escaped quickly. The Prophet ﷺ said, "It has escaped your evil and you too have escaped its evil." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1830)

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ فَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ {وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا} فَإِنَّهُ لَيَتْلُوهَا وَإِنِّي لَأَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ وَإِنَّ فَاهُ لَرَطْبٌ بِهَا إِذْ وَثَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ فقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اقْتُلُوهَا» فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا فَذَهَبَتْ فقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَقَدْ وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا»

قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ وَقَدْ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا فَنَحْنُ نَأْخُذُهَا مِنْ فِيهِ رَطْبَةً إِذْ خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ اقْتُلُوهَا فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا لِنَقْتُلَهَا فَسَبَقَتْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَاهَا اللَّهُ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وَقَاكُمْ شَرِّهَا وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ قَدْ رَوَاهُ إِسْرَائِيلُ فَقَالَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ وَالْأَسْوَدِ

قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةٍ فَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا فَتَلَقَيْتُهَا مِنْ فِيهِ وَإِنَّ فَاهُ رَطْبٌ بِهَا فَخَرَجَتْ حَيَّةٌ فَدَخَلَتْ جُحْرًا فَاتَّبَعْنَاهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا كَمَا وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ قَدْ رَوَاهُ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ

[AI] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a cave when the verse {And the wind-carrying clouds} was revealed to him. He said, "I feel that it is about to rain, so I will seek shelter from it." His mouth was wet when a snake appeared and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Kill it!" But it escaped. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, it spared you from its evil just as you spared it from being killed."

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ إِذْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ {وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا} قَالَ فَإِنِّي لَأَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ غَضَّةً فَإِنَّ فَاهُ لَرَطْبٌ إِذْ خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْتُلُوهَا» فأَفْلَتَتْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّهَا وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا»

[AI] We were with the Prophet ﷺ in a cave in Mina, when a snake jumped towards us. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Kill it." We hurried to kill it, but it was faster than us. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Your evil has been prevented, just as its evil has been prevented."

كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ بِمِنًى فَوَثَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْتُلُوهَا» فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا فَسَبَقَتْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا»

[AI] Narrated Abdullah: We were with the Prophet ﷺ in a cave, and the messengers were revealed to him while we were gathered. We used to receive revelation from him when he was in a state of wetness. Suddenly, a snake came towards us, and we hurried to kill it, but it escaped. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Your evil was repelled, and its evil was also repelled."

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ فَأُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا فَإِنَّا لَنَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ وَهِيَ رَطْبَةٌ إِذْ خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَابْتَدَرْنَا لِنَقْتُلَهَا فَانْفَلَتَتْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ وَوُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا»

[AI] We were with the Prophet ﷺ in a cave when the messengers came down to him. We received them from inside the cave when a snake appeared to us. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Kill it." So we killed it. Then it went into its hole and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, it was saved from your evil just as you were saved from its evil."

كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ إِذْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ فَنَحْنُ نَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ إِذْ خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْتُلُوهَا» فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا ثُمَّ دَخَلَتْ فِي جُحْرِهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّهَا وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا»

[AI] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a cave, and the female messengers were sent down upon him. We used to receive revelation from within the cave when a snake came out towards us, so we killed it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Your evil has been averted just as its evil was averted." Al-A'mash added in his narration: Abdullah said, "We used to receive revelation from within the cave in a moist atmosphere." Abu Abdur-Rahman disagreed with him, and said that Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated it from Al-A'mash, from Ibrahim, from Al-Aswad.

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ وَأُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا فَإِنَّا لَنَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ إِذْ خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا فَدَخَلَتْ جُحْرَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا» زَادَ الْأَعْمَشُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ إِنَّا لَنَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ رَطْبَةً قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ خَالَفَهُ حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ رَوَاهُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ