كتاب الأدب
43  
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
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Chapter: Regarding killing snakes
(175)
باب فِي قَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ
Sunan Abi Dawud 5258
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Ibn 'Ajilan through a different chain of narrators briefly. This version has:
He should give it a warning three times. If it appears to him after that, he should kill it, for it is a devil.
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ مُخْتَصَرًا قَالَ ‏ "‏ فَلْيُؤْذِنْهُ ثَلاَثًا فَإِنْ بَدَا لَهُ بَعْدُ فَلْيَقْتُلْهُ فَإِنَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏
Grade: Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani)  حسن صحيح   (الألباني) حكم   :
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 5258
In-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 486
English translation : Book 42, Hadith 5238