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).
Read More..Khalid b. Walid reported that he visited Maimuna daughter of al-Harith with the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and she was the sister of his mother. She presented to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) the flesh of a lizard which Umm Hufaid daughter of al-Harith had brought from Najd, and she had been married to a person belonging to Banu Ja'far. It was the habit of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) not to eat anything until he knew what that was. The rest of the hadith is the same but with this (addition): Ibn al-Asamm narrated it from Maimuna and he was under her care.
Read More..Ibn 'Abbas reported: While we were in the house of Maimuna there were brought to Allah's Messenger two roasted lizards. Here no mention is made of al- 'Asamm narrating from Maimuna.
Read More..Ibn 'Abbas reported that there had been brought to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) the flesh of a lizard and Khalid b. Walid was also present there. The rest of the hadith is the same.
Read More..Sa'id b. Jubair reported that he heard Ibn 'Abbas says: The sister of my mother Umm Hufaid presented to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) clarified butter (ghee), cheese and some lizards. He ate out of the clarified butter and cheese, but left the lizard finding no liking for it. But it was eaten on the table of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). Had it been forbidden (haram), it could not be eaten on the table of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ).
Read More..Yazid b. al-Asamm reported: A newly wedded person of Medina invited us to a wedding feast, and he served us thirteen lizards. There were those who ate it and those who abandoned it. I met Ibn 'Abbas the next day, and informed him (about this) in the presence of many persons. Some of them said that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had observed: I neither eat it nor forbid (anyone) from eating it, nor declare it to be unlawful. Thereupon Ibn 'Abbas said: Sad it is what you say! Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) has not been sent, but (to declare in clear words) the lawful and the unlawful (things). We were once with Allah's Messenger (may peace be. upon him) as he was with Maimuna, and there were with him al-Fadl b. 'Abbas, Khalid b. Walid and some women (also) when a tray of food containing flesh was presented to him. As Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was about to eat that, Maimuna said: It is the flesh of the lizard. He withdrew his hand saying: That is the flesh which I never eat; but he said to them (those who were present there): You may eat. Al-Fadl ate out of that, so did Khalid b Walid, and the women. Maimuna (however) said: I do not eat anything but that which Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) eats.
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