سنن أبي داود

Hadith 5259

Book 52: (Abwab Us Salam )

أبواب السلام

Chapter 175

Chapter: Regarding killing snakes.

باب فِي قَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ

English narration

Narrated by أبو سعيد الخدري

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Saeed 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.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ , عَنْ صَيْفِيٍّ مَوْلَى ابْنِ أَفْلَحَ , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو السَّائِبِ مَوْلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ زُهْرَةَ , أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ , فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ وَأَتَمَّ مِنْهُ , قَالَ : فَآذِنُوهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ , فَإِنْ بَدَا لَكُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَاقْتُلُوهُ , فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ شَيْطَانٌ .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 5259In-book: Book 52, Hadith 5259

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