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ahmad:5280ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the eating of (the flesh) of the lizard, whereupon he said: I am neither the eater of it nor its prohibitor. (Using translation from Muslim 1943a)   

أحمد:٥٢٨٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنِي سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلَا مُحَرِّمِهِ  


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muslim:1943aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá And Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb Waqutaybah And Ibn Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the eating of (the flesh) of the lizard, whereupon he said: I am neither the eater of it nor its prohibitor.  

مسلم:١٩٤٣aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ وَقُتَيْبَةُ وَابْنُ حُجْرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلاَ مُحَرِّمِهِ  

nasai:4315Qutaybah > Mālik > Nāfiʿ And ʿAbd Allāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar > a man

"O Messenger of Allah what do you think about mastigures?" He said: "I do not eat them but I do not say that they arte Haram."  

النسائي:٤٣١٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَجُلاً قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا تَرَى فِي الضَّبِّ قَالَ لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلاَ مُحَرِّمِهِ  

ahmad:5962Ḥusayn > Jarīr > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

the Messenger of Allah was asked about mastigures when he was on the Minbar and he said? "I do not eat them, but I do not say that they are Haram." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4314)   

أحمد:٥٩٦٢حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الضَّبِّ؟ فَقَالَ لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ  

ahmad:5440ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muslim > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the lizard. He replied, "I do not eat it, nor do I declare it forbidden."  

أحمد:٥٤٤٠حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الضَّبِّ؟ فَقَالَ لَسْتُ آكِلَهُ وَلَا مُحَرِّمَهُ  

ahmad:5530Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] I heard Ibn Umar saying that a Bedouin man called the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم and asked him, "What do you see in this lizard?" The Prophet replied, "I neither eat it nor forbid it."  

أحمد:٥٥٣٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا نَادَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَا تَرَى فِي هَذَا الضَّبِّ؟ فَقَالَ لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ  

ahmad:5058And Jadt Fī Kitāb Abū > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and a man asked him about the lizard. He said, "I neither eat it nor prohibit it."  

أحمد:٥٠٥٨قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ

قالُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنِ الضَّبِّ قَالَ لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ  

ahmad:5068And Jadt Fī Kitāb Abū > Yazīd > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

I neither eat it, nor do I prohibit it. (Using translation from Muslim 1943c)   

أحمد:٥٠٦٨قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِوَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ  

ahmad:4562Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār

[Machine] Narrated by Ibn 'Umar, the Prophet ﷺ was asked about the lizard, to which he replied, "I neither eat it nor consider it forbidden."  

أحمد:٤٥٦٢حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ

عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ  

ahmad:4573Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar And Hishām from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked about the lizard, and he replied, "I neither eat it nor make it forbidden."  

أحمد:٤٥٧٣حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَهِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ  

ahmad:4882ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar And ʿUbayd Allāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the eating of (the flesh) of the lizard, whereupon he said: I am neither the eater of it nor its prohibitor. (Using translation from Muslim 1943a)   

أحمد:٤٨٨٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَعُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلَا مُحَرِّمِهِ  

ahmad:5255Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār Wa-al-ʿUmarī > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about locusts. He said: ‘(They are) the most numerous troop of Allah. I neither eat them nor forbid them.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3219)   

أحمد:٥٢٥٥حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ وَالْعُمَرِيُّ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الضَّبِّ؟ فَقَالَ لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ  

darimi:2058Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the eating of (the flesh) of the lizard, whereupon he said: I am neither the eater of it nor its prohibitor. (Using translation from Muslim 1943a)   

الدارمي:٢٠٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ «لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلَا مُحَرِّمِهِ»  

ibnhibban:5265Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sāmī > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-Maqābirī > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the eating of (the flesh) of the lizard, whereupon he said: I am neither the eater of it nor its prohibitor. (Using translation from Muslim 1943a)   

ابن حبّان:٥٢٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْمَقَابِرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ ﷺ «لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلَا مُحَرِّمِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:4808Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Nāfiʿ And ʿAbd Allāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar > a man

"O Messenger of Allah what do you think about mastigures?" He said: "I do not eat them but I do not say that they arte Haram." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4315)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٨٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا تَرَى فِي الضَّبِّ؟ قَالَ «لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلَا مُحَرِّمِهِ»