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

Sahih Muslim 1949

Chapter: The permissibility of eating the Dabb (mastigure)

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1949

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنِ ابْنِ، جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِضَبٍّ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ وَقَالَ ‏"‏

لاَ أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ الَّتِي مُسِخَتْ ‏"

Abu Zubair reported that he heard Jabir b. 'Abdullah saying that there was presented to Allah's Messenger (the flesh) of the lizard, but he refused to eat that, saying:

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

Reported by Muslim (No. 1949) and Ahmad (No. 13936, 14535).

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  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (17867)بِضَبٍّ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ قَالَ : إِنِّي لا أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ الأُولَى الَّتِي مُسِخَتْ
  • الكني والأسماء للدولابي (2042)أَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الضَّبَّ وَقَالَ : لا أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ الأُولَى الَّتِي مُسِخَتْ
  • شرح معاني الآثار للطحاوي (4179)أَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ ، يَعْنِي الضَّبَّ ، وَقَالَ : لا أَدْرِي ، لَعَلَّهُ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ الأُولَى ، الَّتِي مُسِخَتْ
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (6097)أُتِيَ بالضبِّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ ، وَقَالَ : لَعَلَّهُ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ الأُولَى الَّتِي مُسِخَتْ
  • مصنف عبد الرزاق (8452)بِضَبٍّ ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ ، وَقَالَ : إِنِّي لا أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ الأُولَى الَّتِي مُسِخَتْ

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