Sunan Abi Da’ud – Hadith No : 5258

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.

Hadith In Arabic Text :

حدثنا مسدد، حدثنا يحيى، عن ابن عجلان، بهذا الحديث مختصرا قال ‏”‏ فليؤذنه ثلاثا فإن بدا له بعد فليقتله فإنه شيطان ‏”‏ ‏.‏

Chapter : General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) – كتاب الأدب