(175) باب فِي قَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri in a similar manner through a different chain of narrators. This version is more perfect. In this version he said :
give it a warning for three days; if it appears to you after that, then kill it, for it is only a devil. (AR)
Reference (AR): Sunan Abi Dawud 5259 (AR)
In-book reference (AR): Book 43, Hadith 487 (AR)
English translation (AR): Book 42, Hadith 5239 (AR)