Sahih Muslim Book - 39, Hadith - 5839

وحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَرْحٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ ، عَنْ صَيْفِيٍّ ، وَهُوَ عِنْدَنَا مَوْلَى ابْنِ أَفْلَحَ ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو السَّائِبِ ، مَوْلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ زُهْرَةَ أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ فِي بَيْتِهِ ، قَالَ : فَوَجَدْتُهُ يُصَلِّي ، فَجَلَسْتُ أَنْتَظِرُهُ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ صَلاَتَهُ ، فَسَمِعْتُ تَحْرِيكًا فِي عَرَاجِينَ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ ، فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا حَيَّةٌ فَوَثَبْتُ لأَقْتُلَهَا ، فَأَشَارَ إِلَيَّ أَنِ اجْلِسْ فَجَلَسْتُ ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أَشَارَ إِلَى بَيْتٍ فِي الدَّارِ ، فَقَالَ : أَتَرَى هَذَا الْبَيْتَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : كَانَ فِيهِ فَتًى مِنَّا حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِعُرْسٍ ، قَالَ : فَخَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى الْخَنْدَقِ فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ الْفَتَى يَسْتَأْذِنُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِأَنْصَافِ النَّهَارِ فَيَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَهُ يَوْمًا ،فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خُذْ عَلَيْكَ سِلاَحَكَ ، فَإِنِّي أَخْشَى عَلَيْكَ قُرَيْظَةَ ، فَأَخَذَ الرَّجُلُ سِلاَحَهُ ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَإِذَا امْرَأَتُهُ بَيْنَ الْبَابَيْنِ قَائِمَةً فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهَا الرُّمْحَ لِيَطْعُنَهَا بِهِ وَأَصَابَتْهُ غَيْرَةٌ ، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ : اكْفُفْ عَلَيْكَ رُمْحَكَ وَادْخُلِ الْبَيْتَ حَتَّى تَنْظُرَ مَا الَّذِي أَخْرَجَنِي ، فَدَخَلَ فَإِذَا بِحَيَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ مُنْطَوِيَةٍ عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهَا بِالرُّمْحِ فَانْتَظَمَهَا بِهِ ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَرَكَزَهُ فِي الدَّارِ فَاضْطَرَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ ، فَمَا يُدْرَى أَيُّهُمَا كَانَ أَسْرَعَ مَوْتًا الْحَيَّةُ أَمِ الْفَتَى ، قَالَ : فَجِئْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ وَقُلْنَا ادْعُ اللَّهَ يُحْيِيهِ لَنَا فَقَالَ : اسْتَغْفِرُوا لِصَاحِبِكُمْ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : إِنَّ بِالْمَدِينَةِ جِنًّا قَدْ أَسْلَمُوا ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ شَيْئًا ، فَآذِنُوهُ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ، فَإِنْ بَدَا لَكُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ، فَاقْتُلُوهُ ، فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ شَيْطَانٌ.

Abu As-Sa’ib the freed slave of Hisham bin Zuhrah, narrated that he entered upon Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri in his house. He said: “I found him praying, so I sat down to wait until he finished his prayer. I heard a sound in the ceiling, and I turned and saw a snake, so I jumped up to kill it, but he gestured to me to sit down, so I sat down, When he had finished he pointed to a room in the house and said: ‘Do you see this room?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘In in there was a young man of our family who was newly married. We went out with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) to (the battle of) Al-Khandaq (the Ditch) and that young man used to ask the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) for permission to go back to his wife at mid-day. He asked him asked him for permission one day, and the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: “Take your weapon with you, for I fear that Quraizah may harm you.” So the man took his weapon and went back, and he found his wife standing in the courtyard. He ran towards her with the spear to stab her, because he was overtaken by protective jealousy (Ghirah), but she said to him: “Put your spear down, and go inside the house so you can see what made me come out.” He went inside and saw a huge snake coiled on bed. He ran towards it with his spear and pierced it, then he came out and thrust the spear, with the snake on it, into the ground in the yard. It attacked him, and it is not known which of them died first, the snake or the young man. We said to him (the Prophet (s.a.w)): “Pray to Allah that he might be brought back to life for us.” He said: “Pray for forgiveness for your companion.” Then he said: “In Al-Madinah there are some Jinn who became Muslim, so if you see any of them, ask them to leave for three days. If it appears to you after that then kill it, for it is a devil.”