(175) باب فِي قَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ
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. (AR)
Reference (AR): Sunan Abi Dawud 5258 (AR)
In-book reference (AR): Book 43, Hadith 486 (AR)
English translation (AR): Book 42, Hadith 5238 (AR)