أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ کُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْلَةَ عَرَفَةَ الَّتِي قَبْلَ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ فَإِذَا حِسُّ الْحَيَّةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اقْتُلُوهَا فَدَخَلَتْ شَقَّ جُحْرٍ فَأَدْخَلْنَا عُودًا فَقَلَعْنَا بَعْضَ الْجُحْرِ فَأَخَذْنَا سَعَفَةً فَأَضْرَمْنَا فِيهَا نَارًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَاهَا اللَّهُ شَرَّکُمْ وَوَقَاکُمْ شَرَّهَا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2891
It was narrated from Abu ‘Ubaidah that his father said: “We were with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم on the night of ‘Arafat which is before ‘Arafat, when he heard a snake. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Kill it.’ It went into a crack in a rock, and we put a stick in and broke part of the hole, then we took some palm tree leaves and set them ablaze in the hole. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Allah protected it from your evil and protected you from its evil.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020