Darussalam · Volume 3
24. The Book Of The Rites Of HajjSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
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Sahih
صحيح بما قبله (٢٨٨٣)
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Sahih
(صحيح) - بما قبله: ق مختصرًا.
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2887. It was narrated from Abû 'Ubaidah that his father said: "We were with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ on the night of 'Arafat which is before 'Arafat, when he heard a snake. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ 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 Allâh ﷺ said: 'Allâh protected it from your evil and protected you from its evil.'" (Sahîh)
2884 - أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْلَةَ عَرَفَةَ، الَّتِي قَبْلَ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ فَإِذَا حِسُّ الْحَيَّةِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اقْتُلُوهَا» فَدَخَلَتْ شَقَّ جُحْرٍ، فَأَدْخَلْنَا عُودًا، فَقَلَعْنَا بَعْضَ الْجُحْرِ، فَأَخَذْنَا سَعَفَةً، فَأَضْرَمْنَا فِيهَا نَارًا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَقَاهَا اللَّهُ شَرَّكُمْ، وَوَقَاكُمْ شَرَّهَا»
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"We put a stick into its hole" so that we might grope the serpent. But when we could not find it, we set its burrow on fire. The phrasing of the narration shows that even the fire could do no harm to the creature. Here, the term Sharr or evil has been employed in relation to the serpent.