Volume 6, Book 60, Number 454:
Narrated Abdullah:
While we were with Allah’s Apostle in a cave, Surat “Wal Mursalat” was revealed to him and we
received it directly from his mouth as soon as he had received the revelation. Suddenly a snake came
out and Allah’s Apostle said, “Get at it and kill it!” We ran to kill it but it outstripped us. Allah’s
Apostle said, “It has escaped your evil, as you too, have escaped its.”