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.
Read More..Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: I wish I had a white loaf made from tawny and softened with clarified butter and milk. A man from among the people got up and getting one brought it. He asked: In which had it been? He replied: In a lizard skin. He said: Take it away. Abu Dawud said: This is a munkar (rejected) tradition. Abu Dawud said: Ayyub, the narrator of this tradition, is not (Ayyub) al-Sakhtiyani.
Read More..Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was brought a piece of cheese in Tabuk. He called for a knife, mentioned Allah's name and cut it.
Read More..Jabir reported the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: What a good condiment vinegar is!
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