Hadith 5258
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) · Regarding killing snakes
Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ مُخْتَصَرًا قَالَ " فَلْيُؤْذِنْهُ ثَلاَثًا فَإِنْ بَدَا لَهُ بَعْدُ فَلْيَقْتُلْهُ فَإِنَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ " .
English translation
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.
Grade as stored: Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani)
Narrator chain
- مسدد بن مسرهد الأسدي · first↓
- يحيى بن سعيد القطان · chain↓
- محمد بن عجلان القرشي · chain