سنن ابي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
أبواب السلام
(Abwab Us Salam )
باب فِي قَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ
Chapter: Regarding killing snakes.
Hadith 5258
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى , عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ , بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ مُخْتَصَرًا , قَالَ : فَلْيُؤْذِنْهُ ثَلَاثًا , فَإِنْ بَدَا لَهُ بَعْدُ , فَلْيَقْتُلْهُ , فَإِنَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ .
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.
