Hadith 486

Sunan Abi Da'ud

Book 43: General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) Hasan Sahih

Chapter 175

Regarding killing snakes

باب فِي قَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ

Hasan Sahih
Sunan Abi Dawud 5258
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ مُخْتَصَرًا قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ فَلْيُؤْذِنْهُ ثَلاَثًا 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.

Chain of Narrators

follower
1

Muhammad bin Ajlan al-Madni

محمد بن عجلان المدني

195 narrations

successor
2

Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan

يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان

1,359 narrations

3rd Generation
3

Masdad bin Masrhad

مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل

966 narrations