He entered upon Abu Saeed Khudri in his house and said, I found him praying, so I sat waiting for him to finish his prayer. Then I heard movement among some palm branches in a corner of the house. I turned, and there was a snake. I jumped up to kill it, but he gestured to me to sit down, so I sat.When he finished, he pointed to a room in the house and said, "Do you see this room?"I said, "Yes."He said, "There was a young man among us who had recently married. We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to the Battle of the Trench. This young man used to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for permission at midday to return to his wife. One day he asked permission, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, 'Take your weapon with you, for I fear the Banu Qurayzah may harm you.' So the man took his weapon and returned home, and there was his wife standing between the two doors. He raised his spear to stab her, for jealousy had overcome him.She said to him, 'Hold back your spear and enter the house so you can see what made me come out.'He entered, and there was an enormous snake coiled on the bed. He thrust his spear at it and pierced it through, then went out and planted the spear in the courtyard. The snake writhed upon it, and it is not known which of them died more quickly, the snake or the young man.We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned this to him, saying, 'Pray to Allah to bring him back to life for us.'He said, 'Seek forgiveness for your companion.' Then he said, 'There are jinn in Medina who have embraced Islam. If you see any of them, give it warning for three days. If it then appears to you after that, kill it, for it is only a devil.'"
و حدثني أبو الطاهر أحمد بن عمرو بن سرح أخبرنا عبد الله بن وهب أخبرني مالك بن أنس عن صيفي وهو عندنا مولى ابن أفلح
أنه دخل على أبي سعيد الخدري في بيته قال فوجدته يصلي فجلست أنتظره حتى يقضي صلاته فسمعت تحريكا في عراجين في ناحية البيت فالتفت فإذا حية فوثبت لأقتلها فأشار إلي أن اجلس فجلست فلما انصرف أشار إلى بيت في الدار فقال أترى هذا البيت فقلت نعم قال كان فيه فتى منا حديث عهد بعرس قال فخرجنا مع رسول الله ﷺ إلى الخندق فكان ذلك الفتى يستأذن رسول الله ﷺ بأنصاف النهار فيرجع إلى أهله فاستأذنه يوما فقال له رسول الله ﷺ خذ عليك سلاحك فإني أخشى عليك قريظة فأخذ الرجل سلاحه ثم رجع فإذا امرأته بين البابين قائمة فأهوى إليها الرمح ليطعنها به وأصابته غيرة فقالت له اكفف عليك رمحك وادخل البيت حتى تنظر ما الذي أخرجني فدخل فإذا بحية عظيمة منطوية على الفراش فأهوى إليها بالرمح فانتظمها به ثم خرج فركزه في الدار فاضطربت عليه فما يدرى أيهما كان أسرع موتا الحية أم الفتى قال فجئنا إلى رسول الله ﷺ فذكرنا ذلك له وقلنا ادع الله يحييه لنا فقال استغفروا لصاحبكم ثم قال إن بالمدينة جنا قد أسلموا فإذا رأيتم منهم شيئا فآذنوه ثلاثة أيام فإن بدا لكم بعد ذلك فاقتلوه فإنما هو شيطان