Arabic (Original)
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.
English Translation
Yahya told us, from Ibn Jurayj, who said: Abu al-Zubayr informed me that Mujahid informed him that Abu Ubaydah informed him, from his father, who said: We were sitting in the mosque of al-Khayf on the night of Arafah, before the Day of Arafah, when we heard the rustling of a snake. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Kill it!" He said: So we got up, and it entered a crack in a hole. A palm-frond was brought and set on fire in it, and we took a stick and dug up part of the hole, but we did not find it. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Leave it; Allah has protected it from your harm just as He has protected you from its harm."