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).
Read More..Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported that Khalid b. Walid who is called the Sword of Allah had informed him that he visited Maimuna, the wife of Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), in the company of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and she was the sister of his mother (that of Khalid) and that of 'Ibn Abbas, and he found with her a roasted lizard which her sister Hufaida the daughter of al-Harith had brought from Najd, and she presented that lizard to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). It was rare that some food was presented to the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and it was not mentioned or named. While Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was about to stretch forth his hand towards the lizard, a woman from amongst the women present there informed the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) what they had presented to him. They said: Messenger of Allah, it is a lizard. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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 people, and I feel that I have no liking for it. Khalid said: I then chewed and ate it, and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was looking at me and he did not forbid (me to eat it).
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