Abu Yafur said: I heard Ibn Abi Awfa say when I asked him about (eating) locusts: I went on six or seven expeditions along with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and we ate them (locusts) along with him.
Read More..Narrated Salman al-Farsi: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was asked about (eating) locusts. He replied: They are the most numerous of Allah's hosts. I neither eat them nor declare them unlawful.
Read More..The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Salman through a different chain of narrators. This version goes: Salman said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was asked about locusts. He replied in a similar way (as mentioned above) saying: The most numerous of Allah’s host. The narrator Ali said: His name is Fa’id, that is the name of al-Awwam. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Hammad bin Salamah, from Abu al-Awwam from Abu uthman, from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. He did not mention salman (i. e., the companions).
Read More..Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: What the sea throws up and is left by the tide you may eat, but what dies in the sea and floats you must not eat. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Sufyan al-Thawri, Ayyub and Hammad from Abu al-Zubair as the statement of Jabor himself (and not from the Prophet). It has been also transmitted direct from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم through a weak chain by Abu Dhi'b, from Abu al-Zubair on the authority if Jabir from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم.
Read More..Narrated Jabir ibn Samurah: A man alighted at Harrah with his wife and children. A man said (to him): My she-camel has strayed; if you find it, detain it. He found it, but did not find its owner, and it fell ill. His wife said: Slaughter it. But he refused and it died. She said: Skin it so that we may dry its fat and flesh and then eat them. He said: Let me ask the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. So he came to him (the Prophet) and asked him. He said: Have you sufficient for your needs? He replied: No. He then said: Then eat it. Then its owner came and he told him the story. He said: Why did you not slaughter it? He replied: I was ashamed (or afraid) of you.
Read More..Narrated Al-Faji ibn Abdullah al-Amiri: Al-Faji came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and asked: Is not dead meat lawful for us? He said: What is your food? We said: Some food in the evening and some in the morning. Abu Nuaym said: Uqbah explained it to me saying: a cup (of milk) in the morning and a cup in the evening; this does not satisfy the hunger. So made the carrion lawful for them in this condition. Abu Dawud said: Ghabuq is a drink in the evening and Sabuh is a drink in the morning.
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