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Sunan Ibn Majah 3218

Chapter: Hunting fish and locusts

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3218

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏

"‏ أُحِلَّتْ لَنَا مَيْتَتَانِ الْحُوتُ وَالْجَرَادُ ‏"

It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“Two kinds of dead meat have been permitted to us: fish and locusts.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3218).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( مَيْتَتَانِ ) أَيْ بِلَا ذَكَاة وَفِي الزَّوَائِد فِي إِسْنَاده عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ وَهُوَ ضَعِيف.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3218
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3218
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3218

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Not graded Bulugh al-Maram 13

Narrated Ibn 'Umar (rad): Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Two types of dead animals and two types of bloods have been made lawful for us, the two types of dead animals are locusts and fish (seafood), while the two types of bloods are the liver and the spleen". [Reported by Ahmad and Ibn Majah, and…

وَعَنْ اِبْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-{ أُحِلَّتْ لَنَا مَيْتَتَانِ وَدَمَانِ, فَأَمَّا الْمَيْتَتَانِ: فَالْجَرَادُ وَالْحُوتُ, وَأَمَّا الدَّمَانُ…

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