Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 5255
Regarding killing snakes
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أُسَامَةُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ نَافِعٌ ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُهَا بَعْدُ فِي بَيْتِهِ
Translation
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Nafi through a different chain of transmitters. In this version Nafi said
After that I saw it again in his house.