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nasai:2883Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

"We were with the Messenger of Allah in Al-Khaif, which is in Mina, when the following was revealed: 'By the winds sent forth one after another.' A snake came out, and the Messenger of Allah said: 'Kill it.' So they rushed to kill, but it went back into its hole."  

النسائي:٢٨٨٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْخَيْفِ مِنْ مِنًى حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ { وَالْمُرْسَلاَتِ عُرْفًا } فَخَرَجَتْ حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اقْتُلُوهَا فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا فَدَخَلَتْ فِي جُحْرِهَا  


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bukhari:4930Maḥmūd > ʿUbaydullāh > Isrāʾīl > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

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."  

البخاري:٤٩٣٠حَدَّثَنِي مَحْمُودٌ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

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  

ahmad:4004Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Isrāʾīl > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "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.'"  

أحمد:٤٠٠٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

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  

nasai-kubra:11579Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

"We were with the Messenger of Allah in Al-Khaif, which is in Mina, when the following was revealed: 'By the winds sent forth one after another.' A snake came out, and the Messenger of Allah said: 'Kill it.' So they rushed to kill, but it went back into its hole." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2883)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٥٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْخَيْفِ مِنْ مِنًى حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ {وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا} [المرسلات 1] فَخَرَجَتْ حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْتُلُوهَا» فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا فَدَخَلَتْ فِي جُحْرِهَا  

nasai-kubra:3852Aḥmad b. Sulaymān al-Ruhāwī > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

"We were with the Messenger of Allah in Al-Khaif, which is in Mina, when the following was revealed: 'By the winds sent forth one after another.' A snake came out, and the Messenger of Allah said: 'Kill it.' So they rushed to kill, but it went back into its hole." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2883)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٨٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الرُّهَاوِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْخَيْفِ مِنْ مِنًى حِينَ نَزَلَتْ {وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا} [المرسلات 1] فَخَرَجَتْ حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْتُلُوهَا» فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا فَدَخَلَتْ فِي جُحْرِهَا