English translation
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)
