General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5259
فَآذِنُوهُ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَإِنْ بَدَا لَكُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَاقْتُلُوهُ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ شَيْطَانٌ
fadhinūhu thalāthaha ayyāmin fa-in badā lakum baʿda dhalika fāqtulūhu fa-innamā huwa shayṭānun
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Sa'id 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
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 5259
Ṣaḥīḥ
- Sahih
- Sahih
- Sahih
- Sahih Muslim (2236)