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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

Sahih Muslim 1943a

Chapter: The permissibility of eating the Dabb (mastigure)

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1943a

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ، وَابْنُ، حُجْرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ ‏"‏

لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلاَ مُحَرِّمِهِ ‏"

Ibn 'Umar reported:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was asked about the eating of (the flesh) of the lizard, whereupon he said: I am neither the eater of it nor its prohibitor.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1943a), An-Nasa’i (No. 4315), Ahmad (No. 4650, 5028) and Ad-Darimi (No. 1930).

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  • الطبقات الكبرى لابن سعد (990)الضَّبِّ ، قَالَ : لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلا مُحَرِّمِهِ
  • الفوائد الشهير بالغيلانيات لأبي بكر الشافعي (992)الضَّبِّ : لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ ، وَلَا مُحَرِّمِهِ
  • تلخيص المتشابه في الرسم (382)لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلا مُحَرِّمِهِ
  • تهذيب الآثار للطبري (224)الضَّبِّ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ : لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلا مُحَرِّمِهِ
  • تهذيب الآثار للطبري (228)كَيْفَ تَرَى فِي أَكْلِ الضَّبِّ ؟ قَالَ : لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلا مُحَرِّمِهِ
  • شرح السنة (2802)مَا تَرَى فِي الضَّبِّ ؟ فَقَالَ : لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ ، وَلا مُحَرِّمِهِ
  • صحيح ابن حبان (5378)لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلا مُحَرِّمِهِ
  • عوالي مالك بن أنس لأبي أحمد الحاكم (94)مَا تَرَى فِي الضَّبِّ ؟ فَقَالَ : لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلا مُحَرِّمِهِ
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (6074)لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلا مُحَرِّمِهِ ، قَالَ مَالِكٌ : فَإِذَا لَمْ يُحَرِّمْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ،فَلَيْسَ بِأَكْلِهِ بَأْسٌ
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (6080)لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلا مُحَرِّمِهِ
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  • مسند الربيع بن حبيب (379)مَا تَقُولُ فِي الضَّبِّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ : لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلا مُحَرِّمَهُ
  • مسند الموطأ للجوهري (344)مَا تَرَى فِي الضَّبِّ ؟ فَقَالَ : لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلا مُحَرِّمِهِ

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