Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:955 حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فُرَاتٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ ثنا عَوْنُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ أَوْ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ وَإِذَا حَيَّةٌ فِي جَانِبِ الْبَيْتِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهَا فَأُوقِظَهُ فَاضْطَجَعْتُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْحَيَّةِ فَإِنْ كَانَ شَيْءٌ كَانَ بِي دُونَهُ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ وَهُوَ يَتْلُو هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {إِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا} الْآيَةَ قَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ» فَرَآنِي إِلَى جَانِبِهِ فَقَالَ «مَا أَضْجَعَكَ هَهُنَا؟» قُلْتُ لِمَكَانِ هَذِهِ الْحَيَّةِ قَالَ «قُمْ إِلَيْهَا فَاقْتُلْهَا» فَقَتَلْتُهَا فَحَمِدَ اللهَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا رَافِعٍ سَيَكُونُ بَعْدِي قَوْمٌ يُقَاتِلُونَ عَلِيًّا حَقًّا عَلَى اللهِ جِهَادُهُمْ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ جِهَادَهُمْ بِيَدِهِ فَبِلِسَانِهِ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ بِلِسَانِهِ فَبِقَلْبِهِ لَيْسَ وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ شَيْءٌ»
English Translation
Abu Rafi' narrated: I entered upon the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) while he was sleeping or receiving revelation, and there was a snake in the side of the house. I disliked killing it and waking him, so I lay down between him and the snake — if anything happened, it would be to me instead of him. He woke up reciting the verse: {Your ally is none but Allah and His Messenger and those who believe} and said: "All praise is due to Allah." He saw me beside him and said: "What made you lie down here?" I said: "Because of this snake." He said: "Get up and kill it." I killed it. He praised Allah, then took my hand and said: "O Abu Rafi', there will come after me a people who will fight 'Ali. It is a right upon Allah to strive against them. Whoever cannot strive against them with his hand, then with his tongue. Whoever cannot with his tongue, then with his heart. There is nothing beyond that."