Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 3908
Al-Khatt, and Al-'Iyafah (Being Dissuaded By Birds)
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ عَوْفٌالْعِيَافَةُ زَجْرُ الطَّيْرِ وَالطَّرْقُ الْخَطُّ يُخَطُّ فِي الأَرْضِ .
Translation
Narrated Muhammed b. Ja'far
On the authority of 'Awf: 'Iyafah means to makes the birds fly by threatening them. Tarq means lines drawn on the earth.