(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. (PT)
Reference (PT): Sunan Abi Dawud 5258 (PT)
In-book reference (PT): Book 43, Hadith 486 (PT)
English translation (PT): Book 42, Hadith 5238 (PT)