Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 4931b

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Sahih al-Bukhari 4931b
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي غَارٍ إِذْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَالْمُرْسَلاَتِ فَتَلَقَّيْنَاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ وَإِنَّ فَاهُ لَرَطْبٌ بِهَا إِذْ خَرَجَتْ حَيَّةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ عَلَيْكُمُ اقْتُلُوهَا ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا فَسَبَقَتْنَا ـ قَالَ ـ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ، كَمَا وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Qutayba related to us; Jarir related to us, from al-Amash, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, who said: Abdullah said: While we were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in a cave, Surat al-Mursalat was revealed to him, and we received it directly from his mouth, while his mouth was still moist with it. Just then, a snake came out. The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Go and kill it!’ We rushed toward it, but it outran us. He said, ‘It was protected from your harm, just as you were protected from its harm.’