Ibn 'Umar reported that a person asked Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as he was sitting on the pulpit about the eating of the lizard, whereupon he said: I neither eat it, nor do I prohibit it.
Read More..This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubaidullah with the same chain of transmitters.
Read More..A hadith pertaining to the eating of the lizard is transmitted from the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) on the authority of Ibn 'Umar, but in this very hadith narrated through a different chain of transmitters there is a slight variation of wording (and the words are): A lizard was brought to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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 ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was sitting on the pulpit.
Read More..Ibn 'Umar reported that there were some persons with Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) from among his Companions, Sa'd being one of them. There was brought to them the flesh of the lizard when a lady amongst the wives of Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: 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.
Read More..Taubat Al-'Anbari reported: Al-Sha'bi (one of the narrators) asked me if I had heard the hadith transmitted on the authority of Hasan from the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). He said: I sat in the company if Ibn 'Umar for two years or a year and a half but I did not hear narrated from Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) but this one (pertaining to the flesh of the lizard) as narrated by Mu'adh.
Read More..Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported: I and Khalid b. Walid went to the apartment of Maimuna along with Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and there was presented to him a roasted lizard. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) stretched his hand towards It, whereupon some of the women who had been in the house of Maimuna said: Inform Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) what he intends to eat. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) lifted his hand. I said: Messenger of Allah, Is it forbidden? He said: No. It is not found in the land of my people, and I feel that I have no liking for it. Khalid said: I then chewed and ate it, while, Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was looking (at me).
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