(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا
يَحْيَى ، عَنْ
ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي
أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، أَنَّ
مُجَاهِدًا أَخْبَرَهُ ، أَنَّ
أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ أَخْبَرَهُ ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا جُلُوسًا فِي مَسْجِدِ الْخَيْفِ لَيْلَةَ عَرَفَةَ قَبْلَ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ ، إِذْ سَمِعْنَا حِسَّ الْحَيَّةِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " اقْتُلُوا " ، قَالَ : فَقُمْنَا ، قَالَ : فَدَخَلَتْ شَقَّ جُحْرٍ ، فَأُتِيَ بِسَعَفَةٍ فَأُضْرِمَ فِيهَا نَارًا ، وَأَخَذْنَا عُودًا ، فَقَلَعْنَا عَنْهَا بَعْضَ الْجُحْرِ ، فَلَمْ نَجِدْهَا ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " دَعُوهَا ، وَقَاهَا اللَّهُ شَرَّكُمْ ، كَمَا وَقَاكُمْ شَرَّهَا " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that we were sitting in the Mosque of Khayf on the night of 'Arafah—which was before the Day of 'Arafah—when we sensed the sound of a snake. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Kill it." We stood up, and it slipped into a hole. A spark was brought and the hole was set on fire. Then we took a stick and started poking the hole with it, but we did not find the snake. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave it; Allah has saved it from your harm just as He has saved you from its harm."