Hadith #24
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَارٍ وَقَدْ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتِ
عُرْفًا قَالَ فَنَحْنُ نَأْخُذُهَا مِنْ فِيهِ رَطْبَةً إِذْ خَرَجَتْ عَلَيْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ اقْتُلُوهَا فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا لِنَقْتُلَهَا فَسَبَقَتْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَاهَا اللَّهُ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وَقَاكُمْ شَرَّهَا
Isnad Chain
أبو معاوية
الأعمش
إبراهيم
الأسود
عبد الله
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) — via Abu Mu'awiya, from al-A'mash, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad — that 'Abdullah said: 'We were with the Prophet ﷺ in a cave, and [the surah] 'By those sent forth in waves' [al-Mursalat, 77] had been revealed to him. We were receiving it fresh from his mouth when a snake came out at us. He said: Kill it! We rushed to kill it but it outran us. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah protected it from your evil just as He protected you from its evil.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 12, Hadith 24
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3862
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-40252