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ahmad:5530 – Muḥammad 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:٥٥٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

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ahmad:5280 – ʿAbd 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:٥٢٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنِي سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ

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