حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَی حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ لَمَّا جِيئَ بِرَأْسِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَأَصْحَابِهِ نُضِّدَتْ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي الرَّحَبَةِ فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ قَدْ جَائَتْ قَدْ جَائَتْ فَإِذَا حَيَّةٌ قَدْ جَائَتْ تَخَلَّلُ الرُّئُوسَ حَتَّی دَخَلَتْ فِي مَنْخَرَيْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ فَمَکَثَتْ هُنَيْهَةً ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ فَذَهَبَتْ حَتَّی تَغَيَّبَتْ ثُمَّ قَالُوا قَدْ جَائَتْ قَدْ جَائَتْ فَفَعَلَتْ ذَلِکَ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3780
Narrated 'Umarah bin 'Umair: When the heads of 'Ubaidullah bin Ziyad and his companions were brought, they were stacked in the Masjid at Ar-Rahbah. So I came to them and they were saying: 'It has come, it has come. And behold, there was a snake going between the heads, until it entered the nostrils of 'Ubaidullah bin Ziyad, and it remained there momentarily, then left and went until it had disappeared. Then they said: 'It has come, it has come.' So it did that two or three times.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020