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tabarani:10155Aḥmad b. Zuhayr al-Tustarī > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Quṭaʿī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > Qaraʾ ʿAbdullāh And al-Mursalāt ʿUrf

[Machine] It came down upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the night of Al-Hayyah. We said, "O Abu Abdur-Rahman, what is the night of Al-Hayyah?" He said, "I was with him when a snake came out to us, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Seek it.'" So we sought it and it overpowered us until it entered its hole. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, 'Leave it, for Allah has protected you from its evil and protected it from your evil.'"  

الطبراني:١٠١٥٥حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْقُطَعِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا فَقَالَ

نَزَلَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ الْحَيَّةِ قُلْنَا يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَمَا لَيْلَةُ الْحَيَّةِ؟ قَالَ أَنَا مَعَهُ إِذْ خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اطْلُبُوهَا» فَطَلَبْنَاهَا فَعَجَزَتْنَا حَتَّى دَخَلَتْ جُحْرَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «دَعُوهَا؛ فَقَدْ وَقَاهَا اللهُ شَرَّكُمْ وَوَقَاكُمْ شَرَّهَا»  


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ahmad:4377Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm from my father > Ibn Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad b. Yazīd al-Nakhaʿī from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] It came down upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the messengers as a recognition of the Night Journey. So we said to him, "What is the Night Journey, O Abu Abdur-Rahman?" He replied, "While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at Hira during the night, a snake came upon us from the mountain. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered us to kill it. We sought to do so, but it overpowered us. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, 'Leave it, for Allah has saved you from its evil just as He has saved you from its harm.'"  

أحمد:٤٣٧٧حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ النَّخَعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

نَزَلَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ عُرْفًا لَيْلَةَ الْحَيَّةِ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ وَمَا لَيْلَةُ الْحَيَّةِ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ؟ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِحِرَاءٍ لَيْلًا خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ فَأَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِقَتْلِهَافَطَلَبْنَاهَا فَأَعْجَزَتْنَا فَقَالَ دَعُوهَا عَنْكُمْ فَقَدْ وَقَاهَا اللهُ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وَقَاكُمْ شَرَّهَا