Food, Drink & Dietary Laws

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The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

A person asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about the eating of the lizard, whereupon he said. I neither eat it, nor do I prohibit it.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

I neither eat it, nor do I prohibit it.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubaidullah with the same chain of transmitters.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

" A lizard was brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) but he neither ate that nor declared it unlawful." And in the hadith transmitted through Usama (the words are):" The man (inquirer) was standing in the mosque and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

It is the flesh of the lizard. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) said: Eat, for it is lawful, but it is not my diet.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

Al-Sha'bi (one of the narrators) asked me if I had heard the hadith transmitted on the authority of Hasan from the Prophet (ﷺ). He said: I sat in the company if Ibn 'Umar for two years or a year and...

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The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

I and Khalid b. Walid went to the apartment of Maimuna along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and there was presented to him a roasted lizard. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stretched his hand towards It, whereupon some of the women who had...

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The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

Messenger of Allah, it is a lizard. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) withdrew his hand, whereupon Khalid b. Walid said: Messenger of Allah, is a lizard forbidden? There opon he said: No, but it is not found in the land of my...

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The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

" Ibn al-Asamm narrated it from Maimuna and he was under her care."

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The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

While we were in the house of Maimuna there were brought to Allah's Messenger two roasted lizards. Here no mention is made of al- 'Asamm narrating from Maimuna.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

Ibn 'Abbas reported that there had been brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) the flesh of a lizard and Khalid b. Walid was also present there. The rest of the hadith is the same.

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The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

The sister of my mother Umm Hufaid presented to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) clarified butter (ghee), cheese and some lizards. He ate out of the clarified butter and cheese, but left the lizard finding no liking for it. But it was...

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The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

A newly wedded person of Medina invited us to a wedding feast, and he served us thirteen lizards. There were those who ate it and those who abandoned it. I met Ibn 'Abbas the next day, and informed him (about...

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The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

I do not know; perhaps it (lizard) might (be one of those natives of) the distant past whose (forms) had beer, distorted.

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The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

I asked Jabir about ithe eating) of the lizard, whereupon he said: Don't eat that as he (the Holy Prophet) felt disgust. He (the narrator) said that Umar b. al-Khattab reminded: Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) did not declare it to be...

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The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

Messenger of Allah, we live in a land abounding in lizards, so what do you command or what verdict you give (about eating of it)? Thereupon he said: It was mentioned to me that a people from among Bani Isra'il...

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The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

I live in a low land abounding in lizards, and these are the common diet of my family, but he (the Holy Prophet) did not make any reply. We said to him: Repeat it (your problem) and so he repeated...

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The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

We went on seven expeditions with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and ate locusts.

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The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Ya'fur with the same chain of transmitters. Abu Bakr (one of the narrators) said" seven expeditions," whereas Ishaq said" six," and Ibn Umar said" six" or" seven".

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The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

This hadith is narrated on the authority of Abu Ya'fur with the same chain of transmitters, and he mentioned seven expeditions.