حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِکٌ عَنْ صَيْفِيٍّ مَوْلَی ابْنِ أَفْلَحَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو السَّائِبِ مَوْلَی هِشَامِ بْنِ زُهْرَةَ أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَی أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ فَذَکَرَ نَحْوَهُ وَأَتَمَّ مِنْهُ قَالَ فَآذِنُوهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَإِنْ بَدَا لَکُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِکَ فَاقْتُلُوهُ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ شَيْطَانٌ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 5259
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Saeed 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.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020