Sunan Abi Dawud

Hadith 5259

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Regarding Killing Snakes

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Darussalam · Volume 5

40. THE BOOK OFETIQUETTE (AL-ADAB)

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الحديث: 5259 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 365

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5259. It was narrated from Mālik, from Šaifī, the freed slave of Ibn Aflah: "Abū As-Sā'ib, the freed slave of Hishām bin Zuhrah, informed me, that he entered upon Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī" – and he narrated a similar report that was more complete. He said: "Warn it for three days, then if it appears to you again after that, kill it, for it is a devil." (Sahīh)

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5259 - 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»

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