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Sahih Muslim 1943e (Book 34, Hadith 60) #12136
Eating Lizards According to the Prophet

SUMMARY: The Prophet ﷺ was presented with a lizard but neither ate it nor declared it unlawful.

A hadith pertaining to the eating of the lizard is transmitted from the Prophet 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 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 was sitting on the pulpit".
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ، اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا شُجَاعُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُوسَى بْنَ عُقْبَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، الأَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أُسَامَةُ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الضَّبِّ بِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِ اللَّيْثِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّ حَدِيثَ أَيُّوبَ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِضَبٍّ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْهُ وَلَمْ يُحَرِّمْهُ وَفِي حَدِيثِ أُسَامَةَ قَالَ قَامَ رَجُلٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ

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eating  *  lizards  *  prophet  *  mosque  *  taaam  *  alakhdar  *  nabi  *  masjid

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EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the eating of lizards according to the teachings of the prophet. It is narrated by Ibn 'Umar and Usama that a lizard was brought to Allah's Messenger, but he neither ate that nor declared it unlawful. This hadith teaches us that we should not eat anything unless we are sure that it is permissible in Islam, as even though the prophet did not declare it unlawful, he also did not eat it himself. We should also be careful when making decisions regarding food as there are certain things which are forbidden in Islam such as pork and alcohol. Furthermore, this hadith also teaches us about respect for places of worship like mosques; here we see that Allah's Messenger was sitting on the pulpit when this incident occurred.

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